We are used to focusing on the pay rate in the famous Parable of the Landowners which Jesus tells on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. That makes sense. But it might be more fruitful to focus on the laborers, the work, and the land-owner. First the laborers: Who are they, and why are they angry? The parable goes like this: A landowner hires laborers throughout the day — some work since morning, some since noon, and others only since late afternoon. But the landowner pays them all the same one-day wage. The all-day workers grumble…