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Amos 9

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¹ When he had agreed with the laborers for a[1] denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

² And he went out about the third hour (9:00 a.m.) and saw others standing idle in the market place;

³ and he said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right (an appropriate wage).' And they went.

⁴ He went out about the sixth hour (noon) and the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.), and did the same thing.

⁵ And about the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?'

⁶ They answered him, 'Because no one hired us.' He told them, 'You go into the vineyard also.'

⁷ "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last [to be hired] and ending with the first [to be hired].'

⁸ Those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) came and received a denarius each [a day's wage].

⁹ Now when the first [to be hired] came, they thought they would get more; but each of them also received a denarius.

¹⁰ When they received it, they protested and grumbled at the owner of the estate,

¹¹ saying, 'These men who came last worked [only] one hour, and yet you have made them equal [in wages] to us who have carried [most of] the burden and [worked in] the scorching heat of the day.'

¹² But the owner of the estate replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

¹³ Take what belongs to you and go, but I choose to give to this last man [hired] the same as I give to you.

¹⁴ Am I not lawfully permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? Or is your eye[2] envious because I am generous?'

¹⁵ So those who are last [in this world] shall be first [in the world to come], and those who are first, last."

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1	When he had agreed with the laborers for a[1] denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
2	And he went out about the third hour (9:00 a.m.) and saw others standing idle in the market place;
3	and he said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right (an appropriate wage).' And they went.
4	He went out about the sixth hour (noon) and the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.), and did the same thing.
5	And about the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?'
6	They answered him, 'Because no one hired us.' He told them, 'You go into the vineyard also.'
7	"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last [to be hired] and ending with the first [to be hired].'
8	Those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) came and received a denarius each [a day's wage].
9	Now when the first [to be hired] came, they thought they would get more; but each of them also received a denarius.
10	When they received it, they protested and grumbled at the owner of the estate,
11	saying, 'These men who came last worked [only] one hour, and yet you have made them equal [in wages] to us who have carried [most of] the burden and [worked in] the scorching heat of the day.'
12	But the owner of the estate replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
13	Take what belongs to you and go, but I choose to give to this last man [hired] the same as I give to you.
14	Am I not lawfully permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? Or is your eye[2] envious because I am generous?'
15	So those who are last [in this world] shall be first [in the world to come], and those who are first, last."

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