When Life isn't Fair [Matthew 20:1-16]

With over 4,000 views on YouTube, this is one of Fr. Jim's most popular gospel studies. From Matthew 20:1-16, Jesus tells the parable of the landowner who hires workers for his vineyard throughout the day, but when the time comes to pay them an argument ensues.

Those hired in the morning resented being paid the same as those hired later in the day. The landowner reminds them that they agreed to work for the wage he paid them and he can pay the others what he wishes.

Matthew 20:1-16a
  Jesus told his disciples this parable:
    “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner
    who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.
  After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage,
    he sent them into his vineyard.
  Going out about nine o’clock,
    the landowner saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
    and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard,
    and I will give you what is just.’
  So they went off.
  And he went out again around noon,
    and around three o’clock, and did likewise. ...

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