Matthew 20:6
Once more about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all the day long?'
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In Context
5Again he went out about the sixth hour and again the ninth hour, and did the same.
7They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Laziness throws a person into a deep sleep, 1 but the one not willing to work will go hungry. 1
Ezekiel 16:49Behold! This was the sin of your sister Sodom that she was arrogant in her leisure, careless and unconcerned about anything. She did not strengthen the hands of the poor and needy people.
Luke 23:40But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence?
Acts 17:21(Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing but either telling or listening about 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 →