8 And in the morning time he went down to the market place to search for men to gather in his grain.
9 He found three men, and he agreed to give to each a penny for his service for the day, and sent them to his field.
10 Again he went down to the market place the third hour of the day and found five men in waiting, and he said, Go down into my field and serve, and I will pay you what is right; and they went down and served.
11 He went again; it was the sixth hour of the day, and seven men were waiting at the stand; he sent them to the field to serve.
12 And at the eleventh hour he went again; twelve men stood there in seeming idleness; he said to them, Why stand you here in idleness all day?
13 They said, Because we have no work to do; no man has hired us.
14 And then he sent them to his field to serve.
15 Now, when the evening came the man said to his steward, Call the laborers from the field, and pay them for his services. And all were paid, and each received a penny for his hire.
16 Now, when the twelve, who served but from the eleventh hour, received each one a penny for his hire, the three were sore aggrieved; they said,
17 These twelve have served but one short hour, and now they have an equal share with us who have toiled through the scorching hours of day; should we not have at least two pennies for our hire?