Matthew 20:3 - Plain English Version

³ At 9 o’clock in the morning he went again to that place in the town, and he saw some other men standing around doing nothing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And going out about the third hour (nine o'clock), he saw others standing idle in the marketplace;

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

Common English Bible

³ “Then he went out around nine in the morning and saw others standing around the marketplace doing nothing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

Matthew 20:3 Cross References

Matthew 20:2

He talked to the men there, and they agreed to work for him. He agreed to give them the right pay, the pay that men always get for a day’s work. Then he sent them to work in his garden.

Matthew 20:4

So he gave each of them a job too. He told them, ‘Come and work in my garden today, and I will pay you the right money at the end of the day.’

Acts 16:19

Her bosses saw this happen, and they thought, “This is bad for us. Now she can’t tell anybody what will happen to them, and she will not get us any more money.” And her bosses were angry with Paul and Silas. They grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the Roman judges in the middle of that town.

Acts 2:15

You reckon we are drunk, but no, we are not drunk. It is only 9 o’clock in the morning, too early to get drunk.

1 Timothy 5:13

Even if she doesn’t marry again, she still might get lazy. Instead of doing good things, she might just go around to people’s houses and talk to them about other people, and she might talk about things that she shouldn’t talk about.