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1 For the kyngdom of heauen is lyke vnto a man that is an housholder, whych went out early in the mornyng to hyer labourers into hys vyneyard.
2 And whan the agrement was made wyth the labourers for a peny a daye, he sent them into hys vineyarde.
3 And he went out about the thirde houre, & sawe other standyng ydell in the market place,
4 & sayde vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde: & whatsoeuer is ryght, I wyll geue you. And they went theyr waye.
5 Agayne, he went out about the syxte & nynthe houre, & dyd lykewyse.
6 And aboute the eleuenth houre he went out, & founde other standynge ydell, & sayd vnto them: Why stande ye here all the daye ydell?
7 They saye vnto hym because no man hath hyred vs. He sayeth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde: & whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue.
8 So, when euen was come, the Lord of the vineyarde sayeth vnto his steward: call the labourers, & geue them their hyer, begynnyng at the laste vntill the fyrst.
9 And whan they dyd come, that cam about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny.
10 But whan the fyrst came also, they supposed that they shuld haue receaued more, & they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny.
11 And when they had receaued it, they murmured agaynst the good man of the house,
12 sayinge: These last haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burthen & heat of the day.
13 But he answered vnto one of them & sayde: frende, I do the no wronge: dydest thou not agre wt me for a penny?
14 Take that thine is & go thy waye: I wyll geue vnto thys last, euen as vnto the.
15 Is it not lawfull for me to do as me lysteth wt myne awne goodes? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?
16 So the last shalbe fyrst, & the fyrste shalbe last. For many be called, but fewe be chosen.