I Scripture: Matthew 20 Devotional Reading - Kphc.si.-ms 2 1-K» Not for Sale Lesson for February *, IMS I F THE modern reader of the par able of the laborers in the cine yard is puzzled, he at least has the comfort of knowing that great Ribie scholars have been puzzled too. He also has the discomfort of knowing that no interpretation he can put upon it will have unani mous agreement. To be sure, there are some things it does not mean This parable does nut give a mod el for labor and management. Jesus was not talking about wages literally. He was saying some thing about God. and his dealings with man Furthermore, this [su able does not mean that God's only reason for doing things is “be cause," that he is one whose acts ha\e neither rhyme nor reason But what does this parable mean? Among the various plausible inter pretations that have been given it by Christian thinkers, let us pick out one of the most important truths that this peculiar story *ug gests. • • •

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