4. And to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’
5. So they went. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did the same.
6. And about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing around. And he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle the whole day?’
7. “‘Because no one hired us,’ they said to him. “He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard, too.’
8. “Now when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
9. And those who had come about the eleventh hour each received a denarius.
10. And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; yet they too received a denarius.
11. “But when they received it, they began to grumble against the master of the house,
12. saying, ‘These last guys did one hour, and you’ve made them equal to us, who bore the burden and scorching heat of the day!’
13. “But answering, he said to one of them, ‘Friend, I’m doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me on a denarius?
14. Take what is yours and go. But I want to give this last guy the same as you.
15. Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
16. “So the last will be first, and the first last.”
17. Now as Yeshua was going up to Jerusalem, He took the Twelve aside privately; and on the way he told them,
18. “Look, we’re going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the ruling kohanim and Torah scholars. They will condemn Him to death
19. and hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify. Yet on the third day, He will be raised up.”