Matthew 20:13
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But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
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“Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”