Matthew 20:8-15

English Standard Version

⁸ And ^(A)when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his ^(B)foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ ⁹ And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. ¹⁰ Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. ¹¹ And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, ¹² saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and ^(C)the scorching heat.’ ¹³ But he replied to one of them, ^(D)‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take ^(E)what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. ^15 (F)Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or ^(G)do you begrudge my generosity?’^[a]