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11 they began complaining to the owner of the vineyard. 12 They said, “The ones who were hired last worked for only one hour. But you paid them the same that you did us. And we worked in the hot sun all day long!”

13 The owner answered one of them, “Friend, I didn't cheat you. I paid you exactly what we agreed on.

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11 When they received it, they began to grumble(A) against the landowner. 12 ‘These 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(B) of the day.’

13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend.(C) Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?

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