the unemployed’s reply be reproofs of laziness (corrrectly, Gnilka, 2:178). The dialogue suggests something rather more poignant: human beings are created to work, and without work, especially without meaningful work, there is something pathetic and heart-rending about people. “When Jesus looked out at the crowds, his heart went out to them” (9:35). 20:8 Bengel, 1:240, sees evening as an allusion to the Last Judgment (also Henry, 283; contrast Hill, 286). Matthew’s use of the technical term “pay” (apodidonai;