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Matthew 20:6
Matthew 20:6 is verse 6 of Matthew chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
That is, about five in the afternoon; also in verse 9
King James Version
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?
World English Bible
About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
5:00 p.m.
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Matthew 20:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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.’
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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever 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.
Luke 23:40But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
Luke 23:41We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
Luke 23:42Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Ezekiel 16:49Now 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.
Acts 17:21Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
Hebrews 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.