Matthew 20:5-7

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⁵ So off they went.

“He went out again about midday, and then in the middle of the afternoon, and did the same. ⁶ Then, with only an hour of the day left, he went out and found other people standing there.

“ ‘Why are you standing here all day with nothing to do?’ he asked them.

⁷ “ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they replied. “ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘you too can go into the vineyard.’