<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpee263dc4yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3">Sermon for <span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">9/24/2023 </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font color="#0a0a0a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font><div><h3 class="ydpf76aa246message-name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Geneva, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><a title="Click to View this Item" href="https://sjnj.com/index.php?i=765#sermon765" class="ydpf76aa246h3-link" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“It’s practically free”</a></h3><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Matthew 20:1-16</span><br></div><p class="ydpf76aa246paragraph ydpf76aa246message-summary" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"></p><div>The motivation of the landowner in Jesus' parable seems to be to make sure every worker has at least the amount necessary for the survival of their family for one day, an amount equal to one denarius. Anything less than a denarius of pay per day for a worker would mean the person’s family would either starve and/or become homeless. So the seemingly unfair landowner is indeed more focused on giving survivable income to all his workers, and he disregards the grumbling of the jealous ones.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="http://www.sjnj.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sjnj.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><strong style="font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit;"><br></strong></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><strong style="font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit;">Series: </strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Proper 20A</span><br></div><p></p><p class="ydpf76aa246paragraph ydpf76aa246message-info" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Speaker: </strong>The Rev. Joseph Parrish</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Passage: </strong>Matthew 20:1-16</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><b>=</b></div></div></div></body></html>