13. But the man who owned the vineyard said to one of those workers, ‘Friend, I am being fair to you. You agreed to work for one silver coin.
14. So take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same pay that I gave you.
15. I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good to those people?’
16. “So those who are last now will someday be first. And those who are first now will someday be last.”
17. Jesus was going to Jerusalem. His 12 followers were with him. While they were on the way, Jesus gathered the followers together and spoke to them privately. He said to them,