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  "id": "matthew-20-1",
  "source": "Matthew",
  "pericope": "The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard",
  "chapter": 20,
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      "v": 1,
      "text": "“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.",
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      "v": 2,
      "text": "When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius",
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      "text": "a day, he sent them into his vineyard.",
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      "v": 3,
      "text": "He went out about the third hour,",
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      "v": 3,
      "text": "and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.",
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      "v": 4,
      "text": "He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.",
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      "v": 5,
      "text": "Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,",
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      "v": 5,
      "text": "and did likewise.",
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      "v": 6,
      "text": "About the eleventh hour",
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      "v": 6,
      "text": "he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’",
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      "v": 7,
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      "v": 7,
      "text": "“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’",
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      "text": "“He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’",
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      "v": 8,
      "text": "“When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’",
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      "v": 9,
      "text": "“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.",
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      "v": 10,
      "text": "When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.",
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      "v": 11,
      "text": "When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,",
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      "v": 12,
      "text": "saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’",
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      "v": 13,
      "text": "“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?",
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      "v": 14,
      "text": "Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.",
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’",
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    {
      "v": 16,
      "text": "So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”",
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      "v": 1,
      "text": "For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.",
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    },
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      "v": 2,
      "text": "And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.",
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    },
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      "v": 3,
      "text": "And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,",
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    },
    {
      "v": 4,
      "text": "And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.",
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      "v": 5,
      "text": "Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.",
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      "v": 6,
      "text": "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?",
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      "v": 7,
      "text": "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.",
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      "v": 8,
      "text": "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 unto the first.",
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      "v": 9,
      "text": "And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.",
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      "text": "But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.",
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      "v": 11,
      "text": "And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,",
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      "v": 12,
      "text": "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.",
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      "v": 13,
      "text": "But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?",
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    {
      "v": 14,
      "text": "Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.",
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    {
      "v": 15,
      "text": "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?",
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      "v": 16,
      "text": "So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.",
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  "reference": "Matthew 20:1–16",
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      "title": "Kingdom of Heaven",
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      "pericope": "First and Last",
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          "text": "Jesus said,"
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          "text": "\"The older person won't hesitate to ask a little seven-day-old child about the place of life, and they'll live, because many who are first will be last, and they'll become one.\"",
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