Matthew 20:8

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So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

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and the enemy sowing them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are the angels.

And after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes a reckoning with them.

who will give to each one according to his works:

For it behooves us all to appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive according to those things which he has done through the body, whether good or evil.

so also Christ, having once been offered up to bear away the sins of many, will appear the second time apart from sin unto salvation to those expecting him.

And I saw a great white throne, and him sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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Abide in the same house, eating and drinking those things which are with them: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

The Lord said, Who then is the faithful, wise steward, whom the lord will establish over his house-hold, to give them their food in season?

And He also spoke to His disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as wasting his goods.

So let a man consider us, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;

as each one received the gift of grace, ministering the same to one another, as the good stewards of the manifold grace of God: