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

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。

「下午五點來的工人每人得了一個銀幣。

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.

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.

What do we find in Scripture? It says,“ Abraham believed God. God accepted Abraham’s faith, and so his faith made him right with God.”( Genesis 15:6)When a person works, their pay is not considered a gift. It is owed to them.But things are different with God. He makes ungodly people right with himself. If people trust in him, their faith is accepted even though they do not work. Their faith makes them right with God.King David says the same thing. He tells us how blessed people are when God makes them right with himself. They are blessed because they don’t have to do anything in return. David says,

He agreed to give them the usual pay for a day’s work. Then he sent them into his vineyard.

About five o’clock he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them,‘ Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’“‘ Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.“ He said to them,‘ You also go and work in my vineyard.’

The law was given so that sin would increase. But where sin increased, God’s grace increased even more.Sin ruled and brought death. But grace rules in the lives of those who are right with God. The grace of God brings eternal life. That’s because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done.

Our Lord poured out more and more of his grace on me. Along with it came faith and love from Christ Jesus.Here is a saying that you can trust. It should be accepted completely. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the worst sinner of all.But for that very reason, God showed me mercy. And I am the worst of sinners. He showed me mercy so that Christ Jesus could show that he is very patient. I was an example for those who would come to believe in him. Then they would receive eternal life.

God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s gift.It is not based on anything you have done. No one can brag about earning it.We are God’s creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do.

But the other criminal scolded him.“ Don’t you have any respect for God?” he said.“ Remember, you are under the same sentence of death.We are being punished fairly. We are getting just what our actions call for. But this man hasn’t done anything wrong.”Then he said,“ Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”Jesus answered him,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. Today you will be with me in paradise.”

All those things bring praise to his glorious grace. God freely gave us his grace because of the One he loves.We have been set free because of what Christ has done. Because he bled and died our sins have been forgiven. We have been set free because God’s grace is so rich.He poured his grace on us. By giving us great wisdom and understanding,