# Connecting Statement:

Jesus continues telling a parable. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])

# When they received

"When the workers who had worked the longest received"

# landowner

"vineyard owner"

# you have made them equal to us

"you have paid them the same amount of money as you paid us"

# we who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat

The phrase "borne the burden of the day" is an idiom that means they worked very hard. AT: "we who have worked hard all day in the heat of the sun" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])