Catena Aurea on Matthew 20:1–16: Origen

But the first labourers having the witness through faith have not received the promise of God, the lord of the household providing some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. And because we have obtained mercy, we hope to receive the reward first, we, that is, who are Christ’s, and after us they that wrought before us; wherefore it is said, “Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.”