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?
7. They answered him, Because nobody has hired us. He told them, You go out into the vineyard also and you will get whatever is just and fair.
8. When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first. [Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:15.]
9. And those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (five o'clock) came and received a denarius each.
10. Now when the first came, they supposed they would get more, but each of them also received a denarius.
11. And when they received it, they grumbled at the owner of the estate,
12. Saying, These [men] who came last worked no more than an hour, and yet you have made them rank with us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.