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Matthew 20:6

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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 ninth hour, and did likewise.

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.

8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto 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

    I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

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  • Acts 17:21

    (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

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  • Hebrews 6:12

    That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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  • Proverbs 19:15

    Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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  • Luke 23:40–43

    But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

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  • Ezekiel 16:49

    Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

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