4. He said he would pay them what was fair, if they would work in his vineyard.
5. So they went.At midday and again about three in the afternoon he returned to the market. And each time he made the same agreement with others who were lazing around with nothing to do.
6. Finally, about five in the afternoon the man went back and found some others standing there. He asked them, “Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?”
7. “Because no one has hired us,” they answered. Then he told them to go and work in his vineyard.
8. That evening the owner of the vineyard told the man in charge of the workers to call them in and give them their money. He also told the man to begin with the ones who were hired last.
9. When the workers arrived, the ones who had been hired at five in the afternoon were given a full day's pay.
10. The workers who had been hired first thought they would be given more than the others. But when they were given the same,