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| | The '''Parable of the Vineyard Workers''' is a parable found in only one of the Gospels: {{bibleverse||Matthew|20:1-16|9}}. This illustrates the value of [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openmindedness]], [[charity]], and the availability of full [[salvation]] and [[paradise]] even late in life. | | The '''Parable of the Vineyard Workers''' is a parable found in only one of the Gospels: {{bibleverse||Matthew|20:1-16|9}}. This illustrates the value of [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openmindedness]], [[charity]], and the availability of full [[salvation]] and [[paradise]] even late in life. |
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| − | The powerful logic of this [[parable]] fits perfectly with the concept of [[infinity]], which is typically the same however it is reached. But suppose the master paid the later workers even more. Then the logic would be more like the [[Widow's Mite]], which is one of the few [[Omissions in Matthew]]. And, indeed, there can be greater [[infinity|infinities]]. | + | The powerful logic of this [[parable]] fits perfectly with the concept of [[infinity]], which is typically the same however it is reached. At the time of [[Jesus]] the concept of infinity was not accepted, and this parable laid the foundation for the universal acceptance of infinity more than a thousand years later. |
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| | ==Summary== | | ==Summary== |
| | Early in the morning (around sunrise, or 6 AM)<ref>The times referenced are based on how Jewish culture counts time, which starts the morning hour at sunrise -- roughly equivalent to 6:00 AM under the Roman system of time, and ends each calendar day at sunset -- roughly around 6:00 PM, at which time a new day begins. The first workers are thus hired around sunrise, or 6 AM.</ref>, the owner of a vineyard hires workers, and agrees to pay them a penny for their work. | | Early in the morning (around sunrise, or 6 AM)<ref>The times referenced are based on how Jewish culture counts time, which starts the morning hour at sunrise -- roughly equivalent to 6:00 AM under the Roman system of time, and ends each calendar day at sunset -- roughly around 6:00 PM, at which time a new day begins. The first workers are thus hired around sunrise, or 6 AM.</ref>, the owner of a vineyard hires workers, and agrees to pay them a penny for their work. |
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| | A silver lining to the parable is how it demonstrates that [[communism]] can create more jealousy than [[capitalism]] does, through the jealousy of those who work less and yet get paid as much. | | A silver lining to the parable is how it demonstrates that [[communism]] can create more jealousy than [[capitalism]] does, through the jealousy of those who work less and yet get paid as much. |
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| | + | == Widow's Mite == |
| | + | Consider the scenario if the master paid the later workers even more than the full-day workers. Then the logic would be more like the [[Widow's Mite]], which is one of the few [[Omissions in Matthew]]. And, indeed, there can be greater [[infinity|infinities]]. |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |