1. FOR THE kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who went out in the morning along with the dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
2. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3. And going out about the third hour (nine o'clock), he saw others standing idle in the marketplace;
4. And he said to them, You go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will pay you. And they went.
5. He went out again about the sixth hour (noon), and the ninth hour (three o'clock) he did the same.
6. And about the eleventh hour (five o'clock) he went out and found still others standing around, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day?