Matthew 20:3
And going about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market place idle.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
In Context
2And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
4And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Matthew 11:16But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.
Mark 15:25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Acts 17:17He disputed, therefore, in the synagogue with the Jews, and with them that served God, and in the marketplace, every day with them that were there.
Hebrews 6:12That you become not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.
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 →