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?’