「下午五點來的工人每人得了一個銀幣。

约在酉初雇的人来了，各人得了一钱银子。

约在下午五点钟雇的人来了，各人领了一个银币。

约在下午五点钟雇的人来了，各人领了一个银币。

“下午五点来的工人每人得了一个银币。

那些下午五点钟才开始作工的人来了，每个人都领到一个银币。

“那些下午五点左右被雇的人来了，每人领了一个银币。

約在酉初雇的人來了，各人得了一錢銀子。

約在下午五點鐘雇的人來了，各人領了一個銀幣。

約在下午五點鐘雇的人來了，各人領了一個銀幣。

那些下午五點鐘才開始作工的人來了，每個人都領到一個銀幣。

那些大約在午後五點上工的來了，每人領了「一日工錢」幣。

「那些下午五點左右被雇的人來了，每人領了一個銀幣。

酉初僱者至、各受金一錢、

申盡至者、各受金一錢、

僱於酉初者至、各得一第拿流、

於是薄暮入園者來前、各受一錢。

“ The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.

“ The workers who were hired about five o’clock came. Each received the usual day’s pay.

And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.

When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage.

“ When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.

When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius.

And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.

And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a shilling.

“ When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.

And when they came that[ were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay.

“ When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

聖經上不是說「亞伯拉罕信上帝，就被算為義人」嗎？人工作得來的工錢不算是恩典，是應得的。但對於只信赦免罪人的上帝、不靠功勞的人，他的信就被算為義。大衛也說不靠行為而被上帝算為義的人是有福的，他說：

他跟工人講好一天的工錢是一個銀幣，然後派他們去葡萄園。

到了下午五點鐘的時候，他再次出去，看見還有人閒站在那裡，就問他們，『為什麼你們整天站在這裡無所事事呢？』他們回答說，『因為沒有人僱用我們。』園主說，『你們也到我的葡萄園來吧！』

律法是後來頒佈的，使過犯更多地顯出來，只是哪裡的罪越多，哪裡的恩典就顯得越豐富。罪怎樣掌權帶來死亡，恩典也照樣藉著義掌權，為要藉著我們主耶穌基督帶來永生。

主賜給我豐富的恩典，使我在基督耶穌裡有信心和愛心。有句話千真萬確、完全可信，就是「基督耶穌降世，為要拯救罪人。」在罪人中我是個罪魁，但我依然蒙了憐憫，因為耶穌基督要在我這個罪魁身上彰顯祂無限的忍耐，使我做那些要信靠祂並得到永生之人的榜樣。

你們得救是靠恩典，憑信心。這不是出於你們自己，而是上帝的禮物；也不是由於你們的行為，以免有人自誇。我們是上帝的傑作，是在基督耶穌裡創造的，為要叫我們做祂預先安排給我們的美善之事。

另一個罪犯卻責備他說：「你同樣是受刑的，難道不怕上帝嗎？我們是罪有應得，但這個人沒有犯過罪。」他隨即懇求耶穌：「耶穌啊，當你來執掌王權的時候，請你記得我。」耶穌對他說：「我實在告訴你，今天你要和我一起在樂園裡了。」

我們讚美祂奇妙無比的恩典，這恩典是上帝藉著祂的愛子賜給我們的。我們藉著祂愛子的血蒙救贖，過犯得到赦免，這都是出於祂的洪恩。上帝用各種智慧和聰明把這恩典豐豐富富地賜給我們，