Parable of the Workers
Artist: Jacob Willemszoon de Wet
mid-17th century
Painting
According to Matthew 20:1–16 Jesus says that any "laborer" who accepts the invitation to the work in the vineyard (said by Jesus to represent the Kingdom of Heaven), no matter how late in the day, will receive an equal reward with those who have been faithful the longest.
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Artist: Johann Christian Brand
c. 1755
Painting
Jesus shared the parable of the workers in the vineyard to teach us how the Kingdom of Heaven operates in regards to our rewards for the work we do for it.
The parable of the workers in the vineyard can be found in Matthew 20:1-16. In summary, it speaks of a landowner that hired workers throughout the day to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay the first vineyard workers a certain amount for the entire day. He then tells the vineyard workers that he hired at later times through the day that he will pay them what is fair.
At the end of the day, he paid the vineyard workers that started last the same amount as the those that started first. This caused the first vineyard workers to be upset. In response, the landowner told them that he was not being unfair because they agreed to what they were paid at the start.
Lessons from the parable are:
*Establishing Terms From The Start Prevents Misunderstandings
*Wrong Expectations Are A Source of Disappointment
F*eeling That Something Is Right Doesn’t Make It Right
This painting is oil on canvas, measures 51 x 74 cm and is housed in the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
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