Mat 20:2, 6-7, Luk 23:40-43, Rom 4:3-6, 5:20-21, Eph 1:6-8, 2:8-10 | ESV | STEP | After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day , he sent them into his vineyard .

Matthew 20:2

2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius ^{▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer} a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:6-7

6 And ^babout the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

Luke 23:40-43

40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me ^cwhen you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in ^dparadise.”

Romans 4:3-6

3 For what does the Scripture say? ^e“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now ^fto the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but ^gbelieves in ^{▼▼Or but trusts; compare verse 24} him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

Romans 5:20-21

20 Now ⁱthe law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, ^jgrace abounded all the more, 21 so that, ^kas sin reigned in death, ^lgrace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ephesians 1:6-8

6 ^mto the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in ⁿthe Beloved. 7 ^oIn him we have ^predemption ^qthrough his blood, ^rthe forgiveness of our trespasses, ^saccording to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

Ephesians 2:8-10

8 For ^tby grace you have been saved ^uthrough faith. And this is ^vnot your own doing; ^wit is the gift of God, 9 ^xnot a result of works, ^yso that no one may boast. 10 For ^zwe are his workmanship, ^aacreated in Christ Jesus ^abfor good works, ^acwhich God prepared beforehand, ^adthat we should walk in them.