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Matthew 20:11-17 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

11. And upon receiving it, they murmured against the father of the family,

12. saying, 'These last have worked for one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who worked bearing the weight and heat of the day.'

13. But responding to one of them, he said: 'Friend, I caused you no injury. Did you not agree with me to one denarius?

14. Take what is yours and go. But it is my will to give to this last, just as to you.

15. And is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?'

16. So then, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

17. And Jesus, ascending to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside in private and said to them:

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