Matthew 20:3

And having gone out around the third hour, the Baal Bayit saw others loitering in the marketplace,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 poalim to salary them a denarius for their dayʼs pay, the Baal Bayit sent them into his kerem.

4and he said to those, You go also into the kerem. And whatever is right, this is what your pay will be.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:15Atzlah (slothfulness, laziness) casteth into a tardemah (deep sleep), 1 and a nefesh remiyyah (a deceitfully lazy soul) shall suffer hunger. 1

Matthew 11:16But to what will I compare this generation? It is like yeladim sitting in the marketplaces, calling out to one another,

Mark 15:25Now it was [the] third hour when they nailed and hanged Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach on HAETZ. + 15:25 Dt 21:23

Acts 17:17Therefore, Rav Sha'ul was dialoguing and arguing in the shul with the Yehudim and with the yirei Elohim and also in the marketplace yom yom + 17:17 street preaching to the ones who happened to be there.

Hebrews 6:12That you not become atzlanit (sluggards) but imitators of the ones who through Emunah and savlanut (patience) inherit the havtachot (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 →

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