10. So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.
11. When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner:
12. ‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat! ’
13. “He replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I’m doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me on a denarius?
14. Take what’s yours and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
15. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous? ’
16. “So the last will be first, and the first last.”
17. While going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the 12 disciples aside privately and said to them on the way: