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 thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
“Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my 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 as I give to you.
After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
Jesus said to him, “Friend, why are you here?” Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.
But who are you, a man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me thus?”