1  For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard. 2  And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3  And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle; 4  and to them he said, Go also ye into the vineyard, and whatsoever may be just I will give you. And they went their way. 5  Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise. 6  But about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7  They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go also ye into the vineyard and whatsoever may be just ye shall receive. 8  But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning from the last even to the first. 9  And when they who came to work about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.