"Do you begrudge my generosity?"

Matthew 20:1-16

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place; and to them he said, `You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them, `Why do you stand here idle all day?' They said to him, `Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, `You go into the vineyard too.' And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, `Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.' And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder, saying, `These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them, `Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?' So the last will be first, and the first last."

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Abiyerto pirme an ganghaan nan gingharian ni God para sa tanan gusto mosuyod dinhi – mapadaan man na naningkamot para maka-sunod Dija o mapabag’o man para makamat’ngon nan panginahanglan na makasuyod sa gingharian.

An premyo sa mga naningkamot parehas ra para sa tanan pero an pinaka-importante dinhi na an motibo klaro para kan God.

Jaon man tuho’y naningkamot para lamang sa isa ka hakog na motibo na makab’ot an premyo, pero, sa tan-aw nako, kinahanglan na an ato kasing-kasing puno nan gugma sanan kalipay kay tagkahatagan kita nan oportunidad na makapanilbihan sa ato isig’katawo.

Ugsa na an ato paningkamot kinahanglan himoon nato na may paghigugma sanan kalipay para sa kahimayaan ni God didto Heaven.

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"Lord Jesus, may I serve you and my neighbor with a glad and generous heart, not looking for how much I can get but rather looking for how much I can give."

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