But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
“Do you think this to be just? You say, ‘I am in the right before God.’
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you.
After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ And he was speechless.
Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you are here to do.” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.
But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”