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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