Matthew
20:1-16
FOR
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A LANDOWNER
WHO
WNE OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING
TO
HIRE MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD.
2
HE AGREED TO PAY THEM A DENARIUS FOR THE DAY
AND
SENT THEM INTO HIS VINEYARD.
3
About the Third Hour He went out
And
saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
4
He told them,
'You
also go and work in My Vineyard,
And
I will pay whatever is right.'
5
So they went.
He
went out again about the Sixth Hour
And
did the same thing.
6
About the Eleventh Hour he went out
And
found still others standing around.
He
asked them,
'Why
have you been standing here
All
Day Long doing nothing?
7
'Because no one has hired us,'
They
answered.
'He
said to them,
'You
also go and work in My Vineyard.
8
When evening came,
THE
OWNER OF THE VINEYARD SAID TO HIS FORMAN,
CALL
THE WORKERS AND PAY THEM THEIR WAGES,
BEGINNING
WITH THE LAST ONES HIRED
AND
GOING TO THE FIRST.'
9
The Workers who were hired about the Eleventh Hour
Came
and each received a Denarius.
10
So when those came who were hired First,
THEY
EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MORE.
BUT
EACH ONE OF THEM ALSO RECEIVED A DENARIUS.
11
WHEN THEY RECEIVED IT,
THEY
BEGAN TO GRUMBLE AGAINST THE LANDOWNER.
12
'THESE MEN WHO WERE HIRED LAST,
WORKED
ONLY ONE HOUR,'
They
said,
AND
YOU HAVE MADE THEM EQUAL TO US
WHO
HAVE BORNE THE BURDEN OF THE WORK
AND
THE HEAT OF THE DAY.'
13
BUT HE ANSWERED ONEOF THEM,
'FRIEND,
I AM NOT BEING UNFAIR TO YOU.
DIDN'T
YOU AGREE TO WORK FOR A DENARIUS?'
14
TAKE YOUR PAY AND GO.
I
WANT TO GIVE THE MAN WHO WAS HIRED LAST
THE
SAME AS I GAVE YOU.
15
DON'T I HAVE THE RIGHT
TO
DO WHAT I WANT WITH MY OWN MONEY?
OR
ARE YOU ENVIOUS
BECAUSE
I AM GENEROUS?'
16
SO THE LAST WILL BE FIRST,
AND
THE FIRST WILL BE LAST.'
(Matthew 20:1-16)
Here we stand in the Last,
Of the Last Day of time
And today, many who are First
In the eyes of men will be Last
And many who are Last will be First.
This all depends on who does the
Will of God.
The Apostasy that is currently
underway,
Will take many Christians away from
the Faith.
(Matthew 24:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:3;
Daniel 8:12)
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