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When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, `Call the laborers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last to the first.`
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A Display of Grace
Commentators explain that the owner's instruction to pay the last workers first is not random. It's a deliberate act designed to highlight a key truth: God's rewards are based on His sovereign generosity, not merely on human effort or timing. As Charles Spurgeon notes, this is not a 'mercenary' transaction but a 'display of free favor,' revealing God's character.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When even was come. That is, when the twelfth hour had come, the day had ended, and the time of payment had come.
The steward
19th Century
Anglican
When evening came — It was one of the humane rules of the Mosaic law that the day laborer was to be paid by the day, and not made …
Baptist
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last u…
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Laborers were customarily paid at the end of each day (cf. Leviticus 19:13). The foreman is told to pay each worker the standard day-lab…
16th Century
Protestant
And when the evening was come. It would be improper to look for a mystery in the command of the householder to begin with the last,
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So when even was come At six o'clock, or when the sun was set, which was the time of paying labourers their wages: t…
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This parable's primary purpose seems to show that although the Jews were first called into the vineyard, the gospel would eventually be preached to…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Lord spoke about the attainment of the kingdom of heaven by the common way of salvation and by the way of perfection. Because certain pe…
