So when even was come - that is, the reckoning time between masters and laborers (see Deu 24:15); pointing to the day of final account.
the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward - answering to Christ Himself, represented “as a Son over His own house” (Heb 3:6; see Mat 11:27; Joh 3:35; Joh 5:27).
Call the labourers and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first - Remarkable direction this - last hired, first paid.