³¹ And he said to him, ‘Son, ^(A)you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

⁴ They are ^(A)Israelites, and to them belong ^(B)the adoption, ^(C)the glory, ^(D)the covenants, ^(E)the giving of the law, ^(F)the worship, and ^(G)the promises.

²⁷ And he said to her, “Let the children be ^(A)fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and ^(B)throw it to the dogs.” ²⁸ But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's ^(C)crumbs.”

The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask, then, ^(A)has God rejected his people? By no means! For ^(B)I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,^[a] a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

¹³ But he replied to one of them, ^(A)‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take ^(B)what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. ^15 (C)Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or ^(D)do you begrudge my generosity?’^{[a] 16} So ^(E)the last will be first, and the first last.”

²² He said to him, ^(A)‘I will condemn you with your own words, ^(B)you wicked servant! You knew that I was ^(C)a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? ²³ Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’