Matthew 20:3
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
4 ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
5 So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
- KJV
- And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
- WEB
- He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
- ASV
- And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;
- DARBY
- And having gone out about [the] third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;
- BLB
- And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle.
- ÅB
- Rund dagens tredje time gikk han ut igjen og så andre stå ledige på torget,
- OTB
- Rundt den tredje timen gikk han ut og så andre stå ledige på torget.
- B1930
- Og han gikk ut ved den tredje time og så andre stå ledige på torvet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 5:13
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
Read in contextProverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Read in contextMatthew 20:6–7
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
Read in contextMark 15:25
It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
Read in contextActs 17:17–21
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:49
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
Read in contextActs 2:15
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
Read in contextMatthew 11:16–17
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
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