Matthew 20:3
Around 9 a.m. he went out and saw others without work standing in the marketplace.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
In Context
2He agreed to pay the workers one denarius for the day, and sent them to work in his vineyard.
4‘Go and work in the vineyard too, and I'll pay you what's right,’ he told them.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Lazy people are often fast asleep, but idleness means they're hungry.
Matthew 11:16What shall I compare this generation to? It's like children sitting in the marketplaces shouting to each other,
Mark 15:25It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.
Acts 17:17He debated in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped God, as well as in the marketplace with those he happened to meet from day to day.
Hebrews 6:12Don't be spiritually lazy, but follow the example of those who through trusting in God and patience inherit what God has promised.
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 →