“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
“About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went.
“He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
“The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
“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. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
This parable is about recognition in the Kingdom of God between Abraham’s descendants and the Gentiles.
1st
When Abraham was called by God, God told him “Go forth from your country and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you…”
Abraham obeys God’s commandment and went to the land.
3rd hour
Many years later his descendants was scattered and went to Egypt. And God called again to his servants (Jacob’s descendants under prophet Mosses) out of Egypt saying “Let my people go! that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness.” So, Jacob's descendant went out of Egypt and to the mountain to worship God.
6th hour
Then many years later, they were scattered again by God and God called again to his servant (Israel’s tribe under prophet Jeremiah) saying “Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.” Israel listened and returned and built the second temple to worship God.
9th hour
Then many years later God came in the name of Yashua to destroy the second temple and to worship God by hearts (which Jeremiah prophesied) and He scattered the tribes of Israel saying “Behold Your house is being left to you desolate! For I say to you, from now on you will not see me until you say “Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!”
Jesus made a new temple which no man can profane and defile. This temple is the human heart and the twelve gates are the twelve disciples. (This is spoken in Revelation 21 where it says “no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.)
11th hour
Then many years later, Saul came to persecute Jesus’ disciples and God spoke to Saul saying “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” and he said “Who are you Lord?” and He said “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, but get up and enter the city and it will be told you what you must do.” Saul was later called disciple Paul and Holy Spirit is with him to preach to the Gentile and the Gentile fallowed God and received the Holy Spirit.
“About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went.
“He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
“The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
“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. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
This parable is about recognition in the Kingdom of God between Abraham’s descendants and the Gentiles.
1st
When Abraham was called by God, God told him “Go forth from your country and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you…”
Abraham obeys God’s commandment and went to the land.
3rd hour
Many years later his descendants was scattered and went to Egypt. And God called again to his servants (Jacob’s descendants under prophet Mosses) out of Egypt saying “Let my people go! that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness.” So, Jacob's descendant went out of Egypt and to the mountain to worship God.
6th hour
Then many years later, they were scattered again by God and God called again to his servant (Israel’s tribe under prophet Jeremiah) saying “Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.” Israel listened and returned and built the second temple to worship God.
9th hour
Then many years later God came in the name of Yashua to destroy the second temple and to worship God by hearts (which Jeremiah prophesied) and He scattered the tribes of Israel saying “Behold Your house is being left to you desolate! For I say to you, from now on you will not see me until you say “Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!”
Jesus made a new temple which no man can profane and defile. This temple is the human heart and the twelve gates are the twelve disciples. (This is spoken in Revelation 21 where it says “no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.)
11th hour
Then many years later, Saul came to persecute Jesus’ disciples and God spoke to Saul saying “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” and he said “Who are you Lord?” and He said “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, but get up and enter the city and it will be told you what you must do.” Saul was later called disciple Paul and Holy Spirit is with him to preach to the Gentile and the Gentile fallowed God and received the Holy Spirit.
End of the Lobor and Getting paid.
When the Disciples of Jesus learned that God also wanted to give the gifts of Holy Spirit to the Gentiles, the disciples (Jews) grumbled to themselves and said “How come the Gentile made equal to us?”
The whole point of this parables is to not exalt yourself but let God exalt you.
Being humble is the characteristic of God's children, so let us not exalt ourselves whether we have done more than the others.
When the Disciples of Jesus learned that God also wanted to give the gifts of Holy Spirit to the Gentiles, the disciples (Jews) grumbled to themselves and said “How come the Gentile made equal to us?”
The whole point of this parables is to not exalt yourself but let God exalt you.
Being humble is the characteristic of God's children, so let us not exalt ourselves whether we have done more than the others.
Related verses…
"Therefore if God gave to them (Gentile) the same gift as He gave to us (Jew) also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?" (Acts 11:17)
Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: (2 Peter 1:1)
…“I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 8:10-12)
"But many who are first will be last; and the last, first. (Matthew 19:30)
…“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to be first among you shall be you servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave; just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 21:25-28)
"Therefore if God gave to them (Gentile) the same gift as He gave to us (Jew) also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?" (Acts 11:17)
Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: (2 Peter 1:1)
…“I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 8:10-12)
"But many who are first will be last; and the last, first. (Matthew 19:30)
…“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to be first among you shall be you servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave; just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 21:25-28)
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