Matthew 20:5 - Plain English Version

⁵ So they went to work in his garden. Then, in the middle of the day, the boss went to that place in the town again. And he found some more men there, and he did the same for them. He gave them jobs. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, he did the same thing. He found some more men and gave them jobs too.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ He went out again about the sixth hour (noon), and the ninth hour (three o'clock) he did the same.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

Common English Bible

⁵ And they went. “Again around noon and then at three in the afternoon, he did the same thing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ So they went forth. But again, he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and he acted similarly.

Matthew 20:5 Cross References

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.’

Matthew 20:6

Then, at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, he went into town again, and he saw some more men standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’

John 1:39

Jesus said, “Come and see.” So the men followed Jesus to his camp, and they stayed with him that day. It was about 4 o’clock in the afternoon.

John 11:9

Jesus said, “You know, there is day-light every day until the sun goes down. The sun is the light for the world. It lets people see where they are walking, so they will not fall down.

Acts 10:3

One afternoon, at 3 o’clock, he was praying, and he had something like a dream, but he was not asleep, he was awake. He saw an angel messenger from God come to him and call his name, “Cornelius.”

Acts 10:9

The next day, in the middle of the day, those men were walking along and getting near to Joppa. At that same time, Peter went up on to the flat roof of the house to pray.

Acts 3:1

There was a man that couldn’t walk. He was crippled all his life. Every day, somebody brought him to sit near one of the gates at God’s ceremony house. Everyone called that gate the beautiful gate. As people went in through that gate, the crippled man asked them for money. One day, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, Peter and John went to pray at God’s ceremony house. They were going in through that Beautiful Gate, and that crippled man saw them and asked them for money.