Matthew 20:3
And he went out about the third hour (or about nine o’clock in the morning), and saw others standing idle in the market.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Sloth bringeth in sleep; and a negligent soul shall have hunger.
Matthew 11:16But to whom shall I guess this generation like? It is like to children sitting in the chapping (or at the market), that cry to their peers,
Mark 15:25And it was the third hour (or about nine o’clock in the morning), and they crucified him.
Acts 17:17Therefore he disputed in the synagogue with the Jews, and with men that worshipped God, and in the doom place, [or in the chapping], by all days to them that heard. (And so he disputed in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the men who worshipped God, and also in the city square, or at the market, every day with all those who would listen.)
Hebrews 6:12that ye be not made slow, but also (pur)suers of them, which by faith and patience shall inherit the promises. (so that ye be not made slow, but also followers of those, who by faith and patience, or endurance, shall inherit 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 →