Matthew 20:9

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

Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong."

For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."

Law came in, that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

to the praise of his glorious grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God

and the grace of our Lord was overflowing for me, with the faith and love that are found in Christ Jesus.