So, based on Peter’s question, we assume that this parable is going to be a lesson on “rewards.” And if you read it at face value, it is about God subverting the reward system, right? We can easily preach on this being about God’s unfair grace. The grace is the same for those who came at the beginning of the day and those who only worked an hour. It is not about work or value. It is about grace for everyone. It’s a lovely message. But it’s also one that broods resentment. And while maybe that is inevitable to a certain degree, I don’t think it gets to the whole subversiveness of this text. Because when we preach unfair grace, I hear lots of discussion about laziness. ‘Well, where were all those folks that didn’t show up until the end of the day? Doing nefarious things? Why should they get the same reward? Did they sleep in? Were they hungover?’ And this absolutely could have been a discussion about salvation in Matthew’s community. Why should someone who only just hopped on board be entitled to the same grace and reward of God as me who has been in this for much longer? If we preach on this text as unjust grace, then I don’t think there’s as much for us to take away from this text. There is little action for us to take other than, “don’t be jealous of your neighbor.” Particularly, because a denarius is not really a lot of money… it’s just the bare minimum.