Matthew 20:3
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
In Context
4He said to them, ‘You go into my vineyard as well, and I will give you whatever is right.’
Cross References
Matthew 11:16“But to what should I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions,
Mark 15:25It was the third hour when they crucified him.
Acts 17:17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout Greeks, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
Hebrews 6:12so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.
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 →