恭讀聖瑪竇福音 20:1-16
那時，耶穌給門徒講了這個比喻：「天國好像一個家主，清晨出去為自己的葡萄園僱工人。他與工人議定一天一個「德納」，就派他們到葡萄園裏去了。約在第三時辰，他又出去，看見另有些人在街市上閒立著，就對他們說：你們也到我的葡萄園裏去吧！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，他又出去，也照樣作了。約在第十一時辰，他又出去，看見還有些人站在那裏，就對他們說：為什麼你們站在這裏整天閒著？他們對他說：因為沒有人僱我們。他對他們說：你們也到我的葡萄園裏去吧！到了晚上，葡萄園的主人對他的管事人說：你叫工人來，分給他們工資，由最後的開始，直至最先的。那些約在第十一時辰來的人，每人領了一個「德納」。那些最先僱的前來，心想自己必會多領；但他們也只領了一個「德納」。他們一領了，就抱怨家主，說：這些最後僱的人，不過工作了一個時辰，而你竟把他們與我們這整天受苦受熱的，同等看待。他答覆其中的一個說：朋友！我並沒有虧負你，你不是和我議定了一個「德納」嗎？拿你的走吧！我願意給這最後來的和給你的一樣。難道不許我拿我所有的財物，行我所願意的嗎？或是因為我好，你就眼紅嗎？這樣，最後的將成為最先的，最先的將成為最後的。」
—上主的話。
(20th Week in Ordinary Time – Wednesday)
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, he 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, he 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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