Matthew 20:6
And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5Again going out about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise.
7They say to him, Because no one hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into the vineyard.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, And the idle person shall suffer hunger.
Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, thy sister: in pride, superabundance, and careless ease did she live, she and her daughters, and the hand of the poor and needy she did not strengthen;
Luke 23:40But the other answering said, rebuking him, Dost not thou fear God, since thou art in the same condemnation?
Acts 17:21Now all the Athenians, and the strangers residing among them, spent their leisure for nothing else but to tell or to hear something 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 →