Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard is a New Testament teaching of Jesus that illustrates God’s generous grace and the reversal of human expectations about fairness and reward in the kingdom of heaven.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament parable ⓘ
biblical parable ⓘ
teaching of Jesus ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard ⓘ
Parable of the Vineyard Workers ⓘ
attributedTo Jesus ⓘ
biblicalCitation Matthew 20:1–16 ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Christian biblical canon ⓘ
concludesWithSaying So the last will be first, and the first last ⓘ
emphasizes sovereignty of God in giving reward ⓘ
featuresCharacter a landowner ⓘ
a vineyard owner ⓘ
hired workers ⓘ
foundIn Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
illustrates God’s generous grace ⓘ
the nature of reward in the kingdom of heaven ⓘ
the reversal of human ideas of fairness ⓘ
interpretedAs allegory of God as the landowner ⓘ
allegory of believers as workers ⓘ
languageOfComposition Koine Greek ⓘ
literaryForm didactic story ⓘ
moralFocus God’s right to show mercy as he wills ⓘ
gratitude versus envy ⓘ
human perception of justice ⓘ
narrativeElement complaint of early workers about equal pay ⓘ
equal payment to all workers ⓘ
workers hired at the eleventh hour ⓘ
workers hired at the ninth hour ⓘ
workers hired at the sixth hour ⓘ
workers hired at the third hour ⓘ
workers hired early in the morning ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scripturalContext teachings on discipleship and reward in Matthew ⓘ
setIn a vineyard ⓘ
spokenBy Jesus ⓘ
theme divine grace ⓘ
eschatological reward ⓘ
fairness and reward ⓘ
first will be last and last will be first ⓘ
generosity of God ⓘ
kingdom of heaven ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Heaven

reversal of human expectations ⓘ
title Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard ⓘ
usedIn Christian catechesis ⓘ
Christian preaching ⓘ
Christian theology of grace ⓘ
usesImageOf a daily wage ⓘ
hiring laborers at different times of day ⓘ

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Pearl (poem) → scripturalAllusion → Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard ⓘ
subject linked to: Pearl
Unto This Last → titleOrigin → Gospel of Matthew 20:14 ⓘ
linked to: Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Pearl-maiden → associatedWith → parable of the workers in the vineyard ⓘ
subject linked to: the Pearl-maiden
linked to: Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard → title → Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard ⓘ
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard → alsoKnownAs → Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard ⓘ
linked to: Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard → alsoKnownAs → Parable of the Vineyard Workers ⓘ
linked to: Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard