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goodness to me
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Matthew 20:1-16
1"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like
the owner of an estate who went out
early one morning to hire workers
for his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay
the normal daily wage[ and sent
them out to work.
3"t nine o'clock in the morning he

was passing through the

marketplace and saw some people
standing around doing nothing. 4So
he hired them, telling them he would
pay them whatever was right at the
end of the day.
:t noon and again around three
o'clock he did the same thing. 6t
five o'clock that evening he was in
town again and saw some more
people standing around. He asked
them, ` hy haven't you been
working today?'
7"They replied, `Because no one

hired us.'
"The owner of the estate told them,
`Then go on out and join the others in
my vineyard.'
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to call the workers in and pay them,
beginning with the last workers first.
9 hen those hired at five o'clock

were paid, each received a full day's

wage. 10 hen those hired earlier
came to get their pay, they assumed
they would receive more. But they,
too, were paid a day's wage.
11 hen they received their pay, they
protested, 12`Those people worked
only one hour, and yet you've paid
them just as much as you paid us
who worked all day in the scorching
heat.'
13"He answered one of them,

`Friend, I haven't been unfair! Didn't

you agree to work all day for the
usual wage?
14Take it and go. I wanted to pay this
last worker the same as you. 1:Is it
against the law for me to do what I
want with my money? Should you be
angry because I am kind?'
16"nd so it is, that many who are

first now will be last then; and those

who are last now will be first then."
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get their pay, they assumed they
would receive more.
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others
3. Be grateful for what you have
4. Trust God when life seems unfair
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