Matthew 20:6

And he went out aboute the eleventhe houre and founde other stondynge ydell and sayde vnto them: Why stonde ye here all the daye ydell?

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

In Context

5Agayne he wet out about the sixte and nynthe houre and dyd lyke wyse.

7They sayde vnto hym: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayde to them: goo ye alsoo into my vyneyarde and whatsoever is right that shall ye receave.

Read all of Matthew 20

Cross References

Luke 23:40The other answered and rebuked him sayinge. Net herfearest thou god because thou arte in the same damnacion?

Acts 17:21For all the Attenians and straungers which were there gave the selves to nothinge els but ether to tell or to heare newe tydynges.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 20:6