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\nMatthew 20:1\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cFor the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and to them he said, \u2018You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.\u2019 So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, \u2018Why do you stand here idle all day?\u2019 They said to him, \u2018Because no one has hired us.\u2019 He said to them, \u2018You go into the vineyard too.\u2019 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, \u2018Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.\u2019 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, saying, \u2018These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.\u2019 But he replied to one of them, Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?\u2019 So the last will be first, and the first last.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
God does no wrong to any, by showing extraordinary grace to some. See here the nature of envy. It is an evil eye, which is displeased at the good of others, and desires their hurt. It is a grief to ourselves, displeasing to God, and hurtful to our neighbours: it is a sin that has neither pleasure, profit, nor honour. Let us forego every proud claim, and seek for salvation as a free gift. Let us never envy or grudge, but rejoice and praise God for his mercy to others as well as to ourselves. (Henry)<\/p>\n
\u201cMy last word to God\u2019s children is this: what does it matter, after all, whether we are first or whether we are last? Do not let us dwell too much upon it, for\u00a0we all share the honor given to each<\/i>. When we are converted, we become members of Christ\u2019s living body; and as we grow in grace, and get the true spirit that permeates that body, we shall say, when any member of it is honored, \u2018This is honor for us\u2019\u2026If any brother shall be greatly honored of God, I feel honored in his honor. If God shall bless your brother, and make him ten times more useful than you are, then you see that he is blessing you \u2014 not only blessing him, but you. If my hand has something in it, my foot does not say, \u2018Oh, I have not got it!\u2019 No, for if my hand has it, my foot has it; it belongs to the whole of my body.\u201d (Spurgeon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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