We are familiar with the parable of the vineyard and the workers narrated by Jesus in the gospel of Mathew 20: 1-16. It is the one wherein the one who is invited at the last hour to work in the vineyard receives the same pay as the one who has been slogging it out the whole day. Here's my imaginary continuation of the same... mostly from me as a human being rather than understanding Jesus' heart and mind.
The next day a couple of the same men who worked the previous day in the Master's vineyard were again found at the square, awaiting to be called for work during the last watch of the day. To them the Master said, “Go into my vineyard and work and I'll pay you accordingly.” At the end of the day, they too like the others received the one dinar each.
The third day some of them said to themselves, “Why slog the whole day when we can work for the last hour and earn as much?” And so a couple of them loafed about the place the whole day, spent their money and by evening returned to the square, awaiting the Master. The Master perceived their plan and did not call them at all. He called out only those who, in sincerity were willing to work but did not receive any job since morning.
P.S.: I think the parable is more about divine justice than of human sloth... all the same could not resist putting down this insight!
The next day a couple of the same men who worked the previous day in the Master's vineyard were again found at the square, awaiting to be called for work during the last watch of the day. To them the Master said, “Go into my vineyard and work and I'll pay you accordingly.” At the end of the day, they too like the others received the one dinar each.
The third day some of them said to themselves, “Why slog the whole day when we can work for the last hour and earn as much?” And so a couple of them loafed about the place the whole day, spent their money and by evening returned to the square, awaiting the Master. The Master perceived their plan and did not call them at all. He called out only those who, in sincerity were willing to work but did not receive any job since morning.
P.S.: I think the parable is more about divine justice than of human sloth... all the same could not resist putting down this insight!
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