Matthew 20:6

Now about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and he says to them, ‘Why have you stood here idle all day?’

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In The King James Version

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

In Context

5He went out again about the sixth hour, and the ninth, and did the same.

7They say to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He says to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

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Cross References

Luke 23:40But the other reacted and rebuked him, saying: “Don't you even fear God, since you are under the same condemnation?

Acts 17:21(Now all Athenians and resident foreigners spent their time in nothing else but to tell, or else to hear, some novelty.)

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 →

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