PARABLE 9 OF 22
The Workers in the Vineyard
Mattityahu 20:1–16
PARABLE · TO THE DISCIPLES
A landowner pays workers hired at sunrise the same wage as those hired at the eleventh hour, and the early ones grumble.
The Kingdom is not a contract; it is a generosity. The first workers got exactly what they agreed to — what offended them was His kindness to others. Yeshua exposes a hidden envy that wears the mask of fairness. The Father gives what is His to give. Receive your wage and rejoice when He is generous to the late-comers.
ECHOES FROM THE TANAKH