This episode is drawn from Matthew 20:1-6. Jesus tells a parable about a land owner who agrees to pay a denarius to the very first workers presumably at 6am. To the others throughout the day, no agreement was made to a specific amount, but 'whatever is right'.
A full days labor was about 12 hours.
The land owner goes out at the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 11th hour and finds men in the marketplace in need of work. About the 3rd hour he goes out and finds some in the marketplace doing nothing. He gives them dignity. In his compassion, the land owner gives them work to do. Outside of his vineyard there is no work; men are standing around. All is idle. At the 11th hour, he found others standing around doing nothing. They say that no one has hired them. He bids them to go and work in his vineyard.
At the end, all workers are paid the same amount.
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