Matthew 20:3
At nine o’clock that same morning he went back to the market. There he saw more men who did not have work.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Those who are lazy sleep soundly, but if they are lazy, they will be hungry because of not earning money to buy food.
Matthew 11:16“◄I will illustrate what you people who have heard what John the Baptizer and I have taught are like./Do you know what you people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?► [RHQ] You are like children who are playing games in an open area. Some of the children are calling to the others, saying,
Mark 15:25It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
Acts 17:17So he went to the Jewish meeting place and talked about Jesus with the Jews, and also with the Greeks who had accepted what the Jews believe. He also went to the public square/center every day and talked to the people whom he met there.
Hebrews 6:12I do not want you to be lazy. Instead, I want you to imitate those who, because they patiently continued to trust in God, are receiving what he promised them.
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 →