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Matthew 20:1-16

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Matthew 20

Mateo 20

(1-16) ¹“For the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. ²When he had agreed with the workers for a denarius a day, he sent them forth into his vineyard. ³Going out also about the third hour, he saw others standing unemployed in the marketplace; ⁴and to those he said, ‘YOU also, go into the vineyard, and whatever is just I will give YOU.’ ⁵So off they went. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour and did likewise. ⁶Finally, about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he said to them, ‘Why have YOU been standing here all day unemployed?’ ⁷They said to him, ‘Because nobody has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘YOU too go into the vineyard.’

⁸“When it became evening, the master of the vineyard said to his man in charge, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, proceeding from the last to the first.’ ⁹When the eleventh-hour men came, they each received a denarius. ¹⁰So, when the first came, they concluded they would receive more; but they also received pay at the rate of a denarius. ¹¹On receiving it they began to murmur against the householder ¹²and said, ‘These last put in one hour’s work; still you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’ ¹³But in reply to one of them he said, ‘Fellow, I do you no wrong. You agreed with me for a denarius, did you not? ¹⁴Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last one the same as to you. ¹⁵Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own things? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?’ ¹⁶In this way the last ones will be first, and the first ones last.”

(1-16) ¹“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. ²He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. ³“About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. ⁴He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ ⁵So they went. ⁶About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ ⁷“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. ⁸“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’ ⁹“The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. ¹⁰So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. ¹¹When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ¹²‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’ ¹³“But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? ¹⁴Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. ¹⁵Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ ¹⁶“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

(1-16) ¹”Porque el reino de los cielos es semejante a un hombre, un amo de casa, que salió muy de mañana para contratar obreros para su viña. ²Cuando hubo convenido con los obreros en un denario al día, los envió a su viña. ³Saliendo también cerca de la hora tercera, vio a otros que estaban de pie desocupados en la plaza del mercado; ⁴y a aquellos dijo: ‘Ustedes también, vayan a la viña, y les daré lo que sea justo’. ⁵De modo que ellos se fueron. Él volvió a salir cerca de la hora sexta, y de la nona, e hizo lo mismo. ⁶Finalmente, salió cerca de la hora undécima y halló a otros de pie, y les dijo: ‘¿Por qué han estado de pie aquí desocupados todo el día?’. ⁷Le dijeron: ‘Porque nadie nos ha contratado’. Les dijo: ‘Ustedes también vayan a la viña’.

⁸”Cuando empezó a anochecer, el amo de la viña dijo a su encargado: ‘Llama a los obreros y págales su salario, procediendo desde los últimos hasta los primeros’. ⁹Cuando vinieron los hombres de la hora undécima, recibieron cada uno un denario. ¹⁰Por eso, cuando vinieron los primeros, concluyeron que ellos recibirían más; pero ellos también recibieron pago a razón de un denario. ¹¹Al recibirlo, se pusieron a murmurar contra el amo de casa ¹²y dijeron: ‘¡Estos últimos trabajaron una sola hora; no obstante, los hiciste iguales a nosotros que soportamos el peso del día y el calor ardiente!’. ¹³Mas él, respondiendo a uno de ellos, dijo: ‘Amigo, no te hago ningún mal. Conviniste conmigo por un denario, ¿no es verdad? ¹⁴Toma lo tuyo y vete. Quiero dar a este último lo mismo que a ti. ¹⁵¿No me es lícito hacer lo que quiero con mis propias cosas? ¿O es inicuo tu ojo porque yo soy bueno?’. ¹⁶De esta manera los últimos serán primeros, y los primeros, últimos”.