Matthew 20: Laborers in the Vineyard and Blind Men Healed

Jesus tells the parable of workers who all receive the same wage, showing the master's generosity. He predicts his death a third time, teaches that he came to serve and give up his life to ransom many, and heals two blind men near Jericho.

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In the parable of the workers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16), the landowner pays the workers hired at the eleventh hour the same wage as those hired at dawn. When the early workers complain, how does the landowner respond?

He admits he made a mistake and promises to pay the early workers more next timeHe fires the workers hired last for causing troubleHe explains that the workers hired last actually worked just as many hoursHe says he has the right to be generous with what is his, and has not been unfair to them