Matthew 20:5
So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did likewise.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
In Context
4He said to them, ‘You go into my vineyard as well, and I will give you whatever is right.’
Cross References
Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour, there was darkness over the whole land.
Luke 23:44Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
John 4:6Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, wearied as he was from the journey, sat by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Acts 3:1One day Peter and John were going up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
Acts 10:9On the next day, as the men were traveling along and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about the sixth hour.
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 →