Jesus never said a parable from imagination . Almost all of them he took from day today life of people around
him. For example , the sawing farmer , shepherds who take care of sheep,
workers in the field and so on . From
the day today incidents, he always wants
to illustrate some spiritual truth.
Here ,Jesus wants to
illustrate Kingdom of heaven in a simple way so that those who gathered around
him could understand them with ease . Matt. 20:1-15
Here was a landlord who went out early in the morning to
hire men to work in his vineyard . In four
phases he gathered the labors .
One lot came early in the morning at 3rd hour of the day; others at 6th ,9th
and 11th hour. The wages were fixed and it was agreed by all .
When the evening came ,
it was his turn to distribute wages for them .He called the workers and pay
their wages , beginning with the last ones hired and going on the first .The
workers who came at 11th hour came first and had their wages . When
, the workers who were hired at 3rd Hour came to receive their wage
. They thought they would get more ,though ,they were agreed to work on the
fixed wage . They started grumbling over the wages . Their complain seems to be
genuine , they said how could they be treated same as who worked only for one
hour . Perhaps the workers who came at 11th hour had worked only for an hour . They considered the landlord was
impartial in distributing the wages . But
, in fact, he was quite frank in doing his responsibility . He didn’t do any
injustice at all . The greediness of the workers who came at 3rd
hour had made the difference . When men take justice in their hands such things
happens .They often forget that ,the landlord has all legal right to distribute
his money not in a way he likes, but in a way it was agreed with.
Let it be one’s job ,
money or works , if it doesn’t deprive of justice , no one has authority to
question him .The man has got the full
freedom to do with his belongings .Suppose a man quits his job , he is not
answerable to anyone as to why he did so .It is his freedom of conscience . He
is accountable only to God, not anyone else . No one has any right to complaint
against that person.
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