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Matthew 20:6

Work

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.

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.’

8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’

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BSB
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.
KJV
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?
WEB
About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
ASV
And about the eleventh [hour] he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
DARBY
But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
BLB
And about the eleventh, having gone out, he found others standing, and he says to them, ‘Why do you⁺ stand here all the day idle?’
ÅB
Og rundt den ellevte timen gikk han ut og fant andre stående der, og han sa til dem: ‘Hvorfor står dere her ledige hele dagen?’
OTB
Og rundt den ellevte timen gikk han ut og fant andre stående omkring. Han spurte dem: 'Hvorfor har dere stått her ledige hele dagen?'
B1930
Og han gikk ut ved den ellevte time og fant andre stående der, og han sa til dem: Hvorfor står I her ledige hele dagen?

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Cross references

  • John 9:4

    While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

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  • Acts 17:21

    Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

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  • Hebrews 6:12

    Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

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  • Proverbs 19:15

    Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

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  • Luke 23:40–43

    But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?

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  • Ezekiel 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.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

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