Matthew 20:3
On going out again, about nine o’clock, he saw some others standing in the market-place, doing nothing.
Twentieth Century 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
2He agreed with the labourers to pay them two shillings a day, and sent them into his vineyard.
4‘You also may go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you what is fair.’
Cross References
Matthew 11:16But to what shall I compare the present generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-places and calling out to their playmates —
Mark 15:25It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.
Acts 17:17So he argued in the Synagogue with the Jews and with those who joined in their worship, as well as daily in the public Square with those who happened to be there.
Hebrews 6:12Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God’s 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 →