Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
7They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Luke 23:40But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Acts 17:21(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)
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 →