And soon the short Eastern twilight came, and then, as a poet says: "The sun sinks, the stars rush out," and the day was over!
Then the lord of the vineyard said to his steward: "Call the labourers and give them their hire, beginning from the last ones even to the first."
So the last men came, who had worked only one hour, and they were each given the Roman penny.
But when the first ones, who were hired early in the morning, were given their money, they supposed that they should have received more for their long day's work. But they each received the Roman penny.
THEY BEGAN MURMURING AGAINST THE GOOD MAN OF THE HOUSE.
Then they began murmuring against the good man of the house, saying: "These last have only worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day!"
But the lord of the vineyard explained to them that he had given each man what he had agreed upon; and that he had done them no wrong; for he said he had a right to do what he willed with his own money.
Now there are several things to learn from this picture story, and as I go along I think you will see them for yourselves.
The vineyard belongs to the Lord God.