Matthew 20:5
3 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.’
So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
6 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.
7 ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
- KJV
- Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
- WEB
- Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
- ASV
- Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
- DARBY
- Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise.
- BLB
- And they went away. And having gone out again about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise.
- ÅB
- Rundt den sjette og niende timen gikk han ut igjen og gjorde det samme.
- OTB
- Han gikk ut igjen omkring den sjette og den niende timen og gjorde det samme.
- B1930
- Atter gikk han ut ved den sjette og den niende time og gjorde likeså.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 24:2–3
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
Read in contextMark 15:33–34
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Read in contextHebrews 11:24–26
By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
Read in contextActs 3:1
One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
Read in contextLuke 23:44–46
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
Read in contextJohn 1:39
“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
Read in contextActs 10:3
One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
Read in context2 Chronicles 33:12–19
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
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