<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article uncritically uses texts from within a religion or faith system without referring to secondary sources that critically analyze them . Please help improve this article by adding references to reliable secondary sources, with multiple points of view . (September 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (also called the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard or the Parable of the Generous Employer) is a parable of Jesus which appears in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament . </P> <P> In Matthew Matt 20: 1--16, Jesus says that any "laborer" who accepts the invitation to the work in the vineyard (said by Jesus to represent the Kingdom of Heaven), no matter how late in the day, will receive an equal reward with those who have been faithful the longest . </P> <P> For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard . And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard . And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you . And they went their way . Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise . And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us . He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive . So when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first . And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny . But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny . And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day . But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee . Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen...</P>

What is the meaning of the workers in the vineyard