Jesus tells a parable in Matthew about a landowner who hired workers for his vineyard. He hired some workers for a full day, some for a half day and some for a few hours. Yet he paid them all the same wages.
Jesus wasn't really talking about compensation or labor law instead He was trying to help the people grasp something important about grace in the kingdom of God. He was not encouraging unjust pay scales or discrimination, He was illustrating the nature of God's grace in terms that His followers could understand.
God's grace is given because of the nature of the Giver, not the worthiness of the recipient.
Some believe that the workers with the contract represent Israel and those that came later were the Gentiles. They would be made equal with the Jewish people when salvation became available through faith in Jesus Christ.
Grace is getting what we do not deserve.
Mercy is not getting what we deserve.
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