Matthew 20:1-16

Matthew^{(i) 1} For the kyngedom of heauen is lyke vnto an housholder, which went out early in the mornynge to hyre labourers into hys vyneyarde. ² And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a daye, and sent them into hys vyneyarde. ³ And he went out about the .iij. houre, and saw other standing ydel in the market place, ⁴ and sayd vnto them, go ye also into my vineyard: and whatsoeuer is right, I wil geue you. And they went theyr waye. ⁵ Agayn he went out about the sixt and nynth houre and did likewise. ⁶ And he went out about the eleuenth houre, and founde other standynge ydel, and sayde vnto theim: Why stande ye here all the day ydell? ⁷ They sayde vnto hym: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayde to them go ye also into my vyneyarde, & whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receyue. ⁸ When euen was come, the Lorde of the vineyarde sayde vnto hys Stewarde: call the labourers, and geue them their hyer, beginning at the laste, tyll thou come to the first. ⁹ And they whiche were hyred about the eleuenth houre, came and receyued euery man a peny. ¹⁰ Then came the first, supposing that they should receyue more, and they lykewise receyued euery man a peny. ¹¹ And when they had receyued it, they murmured agaynst the good man of the house ¹² saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, and thou haste made theym equall vnto vs whiche haue borne the burthen, and heat of the daye. ¹³ He aunswered to one of them, saying: frende I do the no wrong: diddest thou not agre with me for a peny? ¹⁴ Take that which is thy duety, and go thy waye, I will geue vnto thys laste as muche as to the. ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do as me lusteth with myne owne? Is thyne eye euel because I am good? ¹⁶ So the laste shalbe firste, and the first shalbe laste. For many are called, and few be chosen.