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Parable of the Vineyard Workers (view source)
Revision as of 23:06, June 14, 2020
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==Summary==
==Summary==
Early in the morning, the owner of a vineyard hires workers, and agrees to pay them a penny for their work.
He goes again at the "third hour" (roughly 9 AM) and hires more workers, and again at the "sixth hour" (roughly noon) and the "ninth hour" (roughly 3 PM), each time agreeing to pay them a penny. He then goes again at the "eleventh hour" (roughly 5 PM, or one hour before sunset), is surprised to see people still looking for work, and hires them as well.
At day's end he calls in the workers to pay them, beginning with the last workers hired, who he pays a penny each. When he calls in the next group, they expect to be paid more for their longer shift, but get the same penny as the others. They begin to grumble, whereupon they are reminded that they agreed to the wage, and in any event, it's the owner's money to spend as he pleases.
==Spiritual Interpretation==
The most common interpretation is that the vineyard owner represents God, and the laborers represent those who have trusted in Christ. Regardless of whether a person is saved at a young age, or later in life (including on one's death bed), they still receive the same salvation.
==Mathematical Logic==
==Mathematical Logic==