这里我们看见后雇的与先雇的得着同样的赏赐。十节所题先雇的工人，包括彼得在内。他曾在十九章二十七至二十九节和主讨过价。先雇的人非常惊讶，后雇的人竟先得赏赐，虽然他们只作了一小时，而且不是在一天最热的时候。然而，那些先雇的也是领一个银币，因此就埋怨家主。那些先雇的人并不知道罗马九章十四至十五节和二十节。在主并没有不义，祂要向谁施怜悯，就向谁施怜悯。但彼得天然的观念，代表所有信徒的观念，是商业化的；他不知道主恩典的意愿。因此，他照着律法埋怨主。
十三节说，“家主回答他们其中的一个说，朋友，我没有对你不义。你不是与我讲定一个银币么?”主说的其中一人，必是指彼得。这节的“讲定”，是指主在十九章二十七至二十九节，与彼得所讲定的。这里主似乎说，因为我已经把我所应许的给你了。赏赐是照着我的愿望而有的恩典。由于恩典，我愿意把我所应许给你的同样赏赐，给那些后雇的人。主有权柄照着自己的意愿和喜悦，不按作工的原则，乃按恩典的原则，将同样的工钱付给后来的工人。这粉碎并改正彼得天然和商业的头脑。
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Parable of the Vineyard (2) – Matt 20:10-14
Here we see that the last and the first received the same reward. The first workmen mentioned in verse 10 included Peter, who made a deal with the Lord in 19:27-29. Much to the surprise of those hired first, the last were the first to receive the reward, although they worked just one hour, not during the heat of the day. Thus, when those hired first saw that the last received a denarius, they expected to receive a great deal more. However, they also received a denarius, they murmured against the householder. Those hired first should remember Romans 9:14-15 and 20, there is no unrighteousness with the Lord. He will have mercy on whom he will have mercy. But Peter’s natural concept, representing that of all believers, was commercial; he did not know the Lord’s gracious wish. Thus, he murmured against the Lord according to legality.
Verse 13 says, “But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I am not wronging you, did you not agree with me for a denarius?” By “one of them” the Lord was no doubt referring to Peter. The agreement mentioned in this verse was the agreement the Lord made with Peter in 19:27-29. Here the Lord seemed to be saying, I don’t owe you anything, for I have given you what I promised. The reward is a matter of grace according to my desire. Out of grace, I desire to give those hired last the same reward that I promised to give you. The Lord has the right to give the same thing to the latest workmen according to his own wish, in the principle not of work but of grace. This shattered and corrected Peter’s natural and commercial mind.