24 - 30 September 2023
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24 - 30 September 2023
When God’s justice seems unfair
Matthew 20.1-16Jesus tells a parable about the owner of a vineyard. The owner is concerned to hire as many workers as possible, all through the day, and then pays all his workers the same, irrespective of when they started work. The kingdom of heaven is like this; no one gets more or less than anyone else, everyone belongs and receives in equal measure.
Starting with a story that Jesus told about the relationship between a landowner and his employees and the prophet Jonah complaining about the injustice of God forgiving the people of Nineveh, we are encouraged to think about the fairness or lack of it in a world currently characterised by strikes,
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Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 20 Year A
Jonah 3.10-4.11
Psalm 145.1-8
Philippians 1.21-30
Matthew 20.1-16
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- Proper 20 focused on Exodus 16:2-15 (2026)
- Proper 20 focused on Matthew 20.1-16 (2020)
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- Proper 20 focused on Matthew 20.1-16 (2011)
- Proper 20 focused on Matthew 20.1-16 (2008)
- Proper 20 focused on Jonah 3.10-4.11 (2005)
- Proper 20 focused on Matthew 20.1-16 (2002)