But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
But Jesus said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him.
So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
“Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.