Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
In the gospel reading, Jesus offers a story about workers being paid. Some work for a full day, some for half a day, and others for an hour. The landowner pays everyone the same thing, a denarius. A denarius was a Roman coin, and it was the traditional daily wage in Biblical times. It was the benchmark. In this case, everyone got paid for a day’s labor, even though they did not all work for a day…
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