Matthew 20:5
So they went forth. But again, he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and he acted similarly.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
In Context
4And he said to them, ‘You may go into my vineyard, too, and what I will give you will be just.’
Cross References
Joshua 24:2And he spoke to the people in this way: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Your fathers lived, in the beginning, across the river: Terah, the father of Abraham, and Nahor. And they served strange gods.
Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the entire earth, even until the ninth hour.
Luke 23:44Now it was nearly the sixth hour, and a darkness occurred over the entire earth, until the ninth hour.
John 4:6And Jacob’s well was there. And so Jesus, being tired from the journey, was sitting in a certain way on the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Acts 3:1Now Peter and John went up to the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.
Acts 10:9Then, on the following day, while they were making the journey and approaching the city, Peter ascended to the upper rooms, so that he might pray, at about the sixth hour.
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 →