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19 lines
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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus concludes his parable about a landowner who hires workers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])
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# Do I not have the right to do as I want with what belongs to me?
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The landowner uses a question to correct the workers who were complaining. AT: "I can do what I want with my own possessions." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Or are you envious because I am generous?
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The landowner uses a question to rebuke the workers who were complaining. AT: "Do not be jealous when I am generous to other people." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# So the last will be first, and the first last
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Here "first" and "last" refer to people's status or importance. Jesus is contrasting people's status now with their status in the kingdom of heaven. See how you translated a similar statement in [Matthew 19:30](../19/29.md). AT: "So those who seem to be unimportant now will be the most important, and those who seem to be the most important now will be the least important"
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# So the last will be first
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Here the parable has ended and Jesus is speaking. AT: "Then Jesus said, 'So the last will be first'" |