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The last  laborers essentially received a gift. They received a denarius , a day’s wage, for work they had not done. The first  laborers were not truly complaining that the landowner had failed to keep his end of the bargain, because he did. They agreed with him for a denarius , and he gave them a denarius. He did exactly what he said he would do. How can they complain about that? That is not what troubles them.  What troubles them is how much the last  received. They are jea

“Whatever is right you will receive.” That is all the landowner told the last laborers. Even so, these last went out into the vineyard in...