o change. "How shall I reach the Kingdom of
Heaven?"

Then Jesus spoke as follows:

"There was once a man who employed labourers for his vineyard. He
engaged one in the morning, another at noon, and the last towards
evening when the day's work was almost over. And when the pay-hour
came round, he gave each good wages. Then those who had been hired in
the morning and at noon complained that they had worked much longer in
the toil and heat of the day, and ought therefore to receive more wages
than he who only began towards evening, and had scarcely laboured for
an hour. Then said the master of the vineyard; 'I told you beforehand
the wages I should give you, and you were content. What is it to you
how much I give the other? Let him come to me late, or let him come to
me as soon as it is morning. The chief thing is that he comes to me.'"

Then the old man began to weep for joy that although he came so late to
the vineyard of Jesus, he would still be employed.

Since the Master was so ready to speak, others came to Him at this
time, and entreated Him to clear up some matters which they did not
understand. Once he related a story of a king who, when the guests he
had invited to his wedding-feast refused to come, invited the people
out of the highways. They came, but one had not a wedding garment on,
and the king ordered him to be cast into the outer darkness. The
Master intended it as a parable, but they could not understand it. The
king was too severe, they argued; he must have known that people from
off the highways would not be wearing wedding garments.

Jesus was silent, but James observed: "Why, guests must know that it is
not seemly to go to a king's wedding in torn and dirty clothes. All
are freely invited, but he who comes unwashed and presumptuous will be
cast out into the darkness. No one is admitted who is unprepared."

Another of His parables concerning the Kingdom of Heaven disturbed
them. It was that of the unjust steward whom his master praised
because he had prudently used the money entrusted to him in order to
provide for himself. The steward knew that he would be dismissed, and
secretly remitted to his master's debtors a part of their debts, so
that he might stand well with them. And he did right! "But, can we
purchase the Kingdom of Heaven with goods that are not ours?"

A mule-driver interposed: "I understand the story thus: None of us has
any property on earth. We are all only t