“But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?
Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
Jesus replied, “Do what you came for, friend.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.
But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”