Matthew 20:5
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.
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 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?
7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
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 unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
Read in contextMark 15:33–34
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Read in contextHebrews 11:24–26
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
Read in contextActs 3:1
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
Read in contextLuke 23:44–46
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Read in contextJohn 1:39
He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
Read in contextActs 10:3
He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
Read in context2 Chronicles 33:12–19
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
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