Description of The Coloring Page: illuminated letter with the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, the vineyard owner, shells, workers, laborers
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.
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.
"For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder,
which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
And when he had agreed with the laborers 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..." — Matthew 20:1–16, King James Version
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