Right Side Up Podcast with Danielle Strickland
Jun 16, 2026 · 24 min · 11 segments
In this episode, we dive deep into the parable that challenges our notions of fairness and generosity. Why do we feel envy when others receive blessings we think they don’t deserve? This story isn’t…
James ShollHost
Danielle StricklandHost"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
When he went out about 9:00, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So they went.
At about 5:00, he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why are you standing here idle all day?' They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.' When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.' When those hired about 5:00 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 when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, 'These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day in 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.
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?' So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
When he went out about 9:00, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So they went.
At about 5:00, he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why are you standing here idle all day?' They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.' When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.' When those hired about 5:00 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 when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, 'These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day in 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.
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?' So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
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