Matthew 20:15 meaning and explanation

Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

Matthew 20:15, Berean Standard Bible

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In the parable of the workers in the vineyard, the landowner answers the grumbling laborers who were hired first and agreed to a denarius, a day's wage. They resent that those hired at the eleventh hour received the same pay.

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