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I. A WORK SUPPOSED.

(1)  Its object one of supreme importance;

(2)  Proposed by highest authority;

(3)  Requires long, steady, earnest application;

(4)  Certain of ultimate success.

II. A STATE CONDEMNED — idleness.

(1)  By limited time — a day;

(2)  By analogy of worldly employments;

(3)  By certainty of future reckoning.

III. A QUESTION URGED: Why?

(1)  Aversion to work;

(2)  Indifference;

(3)  Indecision;

(4)  Procrastination.

(J. C. Gray.)

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KJV: For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

WEB: "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.