Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard Quiz

Answer key for Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard Quiz

1. Q1: Who went out early in the morning to hire laborers? Answer: A householder with a vineyard. For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. (Matthew 20:1) Reference: Matthew 20:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: At what hour did he first hire laborers? Answer: The first hour. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. (Matthew 20:2) — He went out early (about the first hour, i.e., 6 AM). Reference: Matthew 20:2 (KJV).
3. Q3: At what other hours did he hire more workers? Answer: The third, sixth, ninth, and eleventh hours. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others... Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. (Matthew 20:3-5) Reference: Matthew 20:5 (KJV).
4. Q4: What did he agree to pay the first laborers? Answer: A denarius (penny) a day. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. (Matthew 20:2) Reference: Matthew 20:2 (KJV).
5. Q5: What did the eleventh-hour workers expect to receive? Answer: Less than a penny. These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us... (Matthew 20:12) Reference: Matthew 20:12 (KJV).
6. Q6: In what order did the householder pay the laborers? Answer: Last hired first. Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. (Matthew 20:8) Reference: Matthew 20:8 (KJV).
7. Q7: How much did each worker receive? Answer: Each one a penny. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. (Matthew 20:9) Reference: Matthew 20:9 (KJV).
8. Q8: How did the first-hired react? Answer: They murmured against the goodman of the house. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house. (Matthew 20:10-11) Reference: Matthew 20:11 (KJV).
9. Q9: What did the householder ask in response? Answer: Is thine eye evil, because I am good?. Is thine eye evil, because I am good? (Matthew 20:15) Reference: Matthew 20:15 (KJV).
10. Q10: What is the closing lesson? Answer: The last shall be first, and the first last. So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. (Matthew 20:16) Reference: Matthew 20:16 (KJV).