Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour having gone out, he found others standing; and says to them, Why stand ye here idle all the day?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
5Again having gone out about the sixth and ninth hours, he did likewise.
7They say to him, Because no one hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard.
Cross References
Luke 23:40But the other one responding, rebuked him saying, Do you not fear God, because you are in the same condemnation?
Acts 17:21But all the Athenians and itinerant strangers were accustomed to devote their time to nothing else, than to tell something new, or to hear something.
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 →