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 having sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of time; and the reapers are the messengers.

And after much time the lord of these servants comes, and lifts up the word with them.

Who will give back to each according to his works:

For we must all be made manifest before the judgment seat of Christ; that each might receive the things for the body, for what he did, good or bad.

So Christ, once offered to have borne the sins of many, of the second time, without sin, shall be seen to them expecting him for salvation.

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

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And Abram will say, My Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give to me, and I going childless, and the son of Masek in my house, he Eliezer of Damascus?

And Joseph will find grace in his eyes, and he will serve him, and he will appoint him over his house, and all which is to him he gave into his hand.

And they will come near the man which was over Joseph's house, and they will say to him at the entrance of the house,

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking the things of them: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, which the Lord will set over his household, to give the allowance of wheat in due time?

And he said to his disciples, A certain man was rich, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as dispersing his goods.

So let a man reckon us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For a bishop must be irreproachable, as steward of God; not self-sufficient, not prone to anger, not intemperate, not a striker, not occupied in sordid gain.

As each received favor, serving the same among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.