1. “For the reign of the heavens is like a man, a householder who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
2. “And when he had agreed with the workers for a silver piece a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3. “And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market-place,
4. and said to them, ‘You too go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I shall give you.’ And they went.
5. “Having gone out again about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise.
6. “And about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’
7. “They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You too go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you shall receive.’
8. “And when evening came, the master of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’
9. “And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a silver piece.
10. “And when the first came, they thought they would receive more. But they too received each a silver piece.
11. “And when they received it, they grumbled against the householder,