1. "The kingdom of heaven is like the father of a family who went out in early morning to lead workers into his vineyard.
2. Then, having made an agreement with the workers for one denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3. And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
4. And he said to them, 'You may go into my vineyard, too, and what I will give you will be just.'
5. So they went forth. But again, he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and he acted similarly.
6. Yet truly, about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing, and he said to them, 'Why have you stood here idle all day?'
7. They say to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also may go into my vineyard.'
8. And when evening had arrived, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last, even to the first.'