Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
Ezekiel 16:49Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.
Luke 23:40But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,
Acts 17:21(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17
The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →