1 For the Administration of Heaven will resemble the conduct of a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.2 Having agreed with some for a denarius a-day, he sent them into his vineyard.3 About the third hour he went out, and seeing others unemployed in the market place,4 said to them, Go you likewise into my vineyard, and I will give you what is reasonable. Accordingly they went.5 Again, about the sixth hour, and about the ninth, he went out and did the same.6 Lastly, about the eleventh hour, he went out, and finding others standing, said to them, Why do you stand here all the day doing nothing?7 They answered, Because no person has hired us. He said to them, Go you also into my vineyard, and you shall receive what is reasonable.8 When it was night, the proprietor of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, and ending with the first.9 Then they who had been hired at the eleventh hour came, and received each a denarius.10 When the first came, they imagined they should receive more; but they got only a denarius a-piece.11 Upon receiving it, they murmured against the householder,12 saying, These last have worked but one hour; yet you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.13 He answering, said to one of them, Friend, I do you no injury. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?14 Take what is yours, and depart. It is my will to give to this last as much as to you.15 And may not I do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?16 Thus the last shall be first, and first last; for there are many called, but few chosen.