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The vineyard workers who received a denarius

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[Matthew 20: 13-14]

"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you.

Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?

Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you.

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There was a owner with a vast vineyard.

The owner went out into the street early in the morning to call workers

to work in the his vineyard.

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The owner of the vineyard told the people gathered there.

“I will give you a denarius if you work all day in my vineyard today”

One denariion was worth the day's wages.

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“If you give us work, we will work hard in the vineyard.”

These people promised to work one day at a denarius and went to the vineyard.

They were very happy because they were able to earn a day's worth.

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At around 9:00 am, the owner went back to the market.

There were gathered people who could not get jobs. so the owner told them.

“Even if you work in my vineyard now, I will give you as much wages as I deserve.”

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These people could have spent the day without work,

but with great gratitude to the owner of the vineyard who helped them to work,

they began to work in the vineyard.

The owner went to the market to find people to work at 12 pm and 3 pm.

then he said to them,

“You also go to the vineyard and work. I will calculate the appropriate wages.”

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The owner went to the market at 5 pm, when the day's work was nearly finished.

There were other people there. the owner asked them.

“Why are you standing around all day?”

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They answered, “No one gave us a job.”

The owner also told them. “You also go to my vineyard and work.”

They worked in the vineyard with the hope of earning a small sum of money.

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Everything is finished at 6 PM.

The owner said, “call on the workers and give them the wages

from the laborers in the morning to the laborers in the afternoon”

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Workers who came late in the afternoon only worked one hour.

The owner gave a denarius to the workers who came to work in the vineyard at the latest.

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The owner gave the same denarius to all who came in at 3 pm, at 12 o'clock,

and at 9 o'clock in the morning.

The workers were so grateful for the grace given by the owner of the vineyard.

There were people who saw this sight and had anticipation.

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They are the earliest one who have been promised a deniarion

and come to work in the vineyard.

They thought that people who worked less than their own time would receive a denarius,

and they would give them more wages.

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But they were given the same denarius.

Those who received a denarius different from their expectations complained

to the owner of the vineyard.

“How can you give the same wages to those who have worked only one hour and those

who have labored in the hot sun all day long?”

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The owner asked them. “Look at this. Do I have something wrong?

You promised to work for a denarii.

I kept that promise. I have given you a denarius which i promised you,

that you may receive it and go back.”

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The owner kept saying.

“I gave grace to them and gave them more money for the wages of those

who had worked less.

does it tell me that I have been displeased with the things I have given grace to others?

It is my will to give grace.”

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This is a lesson that Jesus gave to remind people of the wrongs of the kingdom of God.

God's kingdom is different from the world.

Those who have worked for only an hour have received a denarius

because they have been blessed by the owner. it was not the cost of their efforts.

Therefore, the kingdom of God is not the place where we are paid for

by our efforts unlike the world, but only by the grace of God

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The same is true of our salvation. We are people who have no merit to be saved.

We can be saved only because God has given us grace that we cannot tell.

Therefore, we must always behave humble as children of God.

And we must always live in love and thanking God's grace.

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