20:1-7
Jesus has just spoken to the young man, and then His disciples, about entering the kingdom of God. He now gives the parable of the vineyard workers, revealing more of the kingdom and how things work, presenting more surprises! The landowner went out and hired some workers early in the morning. Later in the morning he hired some more, and did this several more times throughout the course of the day.
20:8
When evening came the foreman was told to call the workers, “beginning with the last ones hired and going to the first”. There can be no coincidence that at the end of chapter 19 Jesus had talked about the first being last, and the last first. There are ways in which we like this concept, we like the idea of the injustices in the world being turned upside down. However, it will mean that some things happen that we definitely don’t like!
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