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I like the following bible parable. Jesus told this to His disciples. I would like to say that this story shows that it doesn't matter if you have been a Christian for 50 years, or 50 minutes, that we all get the same payment.
Mat 20:1 For the kingdom of Heaven is like a man, a housemaster, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
Mat 20:2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Mat 20:3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
Mat 20:4 And he said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went.
Mat 20:5 And he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did likewise.
Mat 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?
Mat 20:7 They said to him, Because no one has hired us. He said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and you shall receive whatever is right.
Mat 20:8 So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wage, beginning from the last to the first.
Mat 20:9 And when they who were hired about the eleventh hour came, they each one received a denarius.
Mat 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they would received more; and they also each one received a denarius.
Mat 20:11 And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
Mat 20:12 saying, These last have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Mat 20:13 But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Mat 20:14 Take yours, and go; I will give to this last one the same as to you.
Mat 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?
Mat 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, but few are chosen.
Mat 20:1 For the kingdom of Heaven is like a man, a housemaster, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
Mat 20:2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Mat 20:3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
Mat 20:4 And he said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went.
Mat 20:5 And he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did likewise.
Mat 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?
Mat 20:7 They said to him, Because no one has hired us. He said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and you shall receive whatever is right.
Mat 20:8 So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wage, beginning from the last to the first.
Mat 20:9 And when they who were hired about the eleventh hour came, they each one received a denarius.
Mat 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they would received more; and they also each one received a denarius.
Mat 20:11 And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
Mat 20:12 saying, These last have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Mat 20:13 But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Mat 20:14 Take yours, and go; I will give to this last one the same as to you.
Mat 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?
Mat 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, but few are chosen.