恭讀聖瑪竇福音 20:1-16

那時候,耶穌給門徒講了這個比喻,說:
「天國好像一個家主,清晨出去,為自己的葡萄園僱用工人。他與工人議定:一天一個『德納』,就派他們到葡萄園去。
「約在第三時辰,家主又出去,看見還有些人在街市閒立著,就對他們說:你們也到我的葡萄園去吧!凡照公義,該給的,我必給你們。他們就去了。
「約在第六和第九時辰,家主又出去,也照樣做了。
「約在第十一時辰,家主又出去,看見還有些人站在那裡,就對他們說:為什麼你們站在這裡,整天無所事事?他們對家主說:因為沒有人僱用我們。家主對他們說:你們也到我的葡萄園去吧!
「到了晚上,葡萄園的主人,對他的管工說:你叫工人來,發給他們工資,由最後的開始,直到最先的。
「那些約在第十一時辰來的人,每人領了一個『德納』。那些最先僱用的,心想自己必會多得,但是,他們也只領得一個『德納』。
「他們一領了,就抱怨家主,說:這些最後僱用的人,不過工作了一個時辰,而你竟然把他們,與我們整天受苦受熱的,同等看待。家主答覆其中一個說:朋友!我並沒有虧待你,你不是和我議定了一個『德納』嗎?拿你的,走吧!我願意給最後來的,和給你的一樣。難道不許我,拿我的財物,做我所願意的事嗎?或是因為我好,你就眼紅嗎?
「這樣,最後的,將成為最先的;最先的,將會成為最後的。」

—上主的話。

(25th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 20:1-16

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. Going out about five o’clock, the landowner found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ They answered, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard.’ When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.’ When those who had started about five o’clock came, each received the usual daily wage. So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but each of them also got the usual wage. And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner, saying, ‘These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day’s burden and the heat.’ He said to one of them in reply, ‘My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?’ Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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