Matthew 20:3
"About nine o’clock he went out and noticed some other workmen standing idle in the market-place;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
In Context
2"And when he had agreed with the workmen for two shillings a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
4"and he said to them, "‘Do you also go into the vineyard, and whatever is just I will pay you.’
Cross References
Matthew 11:16"To what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, who call to the other children,
Mark 15:25It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
Acts 17:17He argued in the synagogues with the Jews and the devout proselytes, and also daily in the market-place with those that met him there.
Hebrews 6:12Then do not become slack, but be imitators of those who through faith and patience are inheriting the promises.
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 →