Matthew 20:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ “And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market-place,

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And going about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market place idle.

Matthew 20:3 Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.

Ezekiel 16:49

“See, this was the crookedness of your sister Seḏom: She and her daughter had pride, sufficiency of bread, and unconcerned ease. And she did not help the poor and needy.

Matthew 20:2

And when he had agreed with the workers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:4

and said to them, ‘You too go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I shall give you.’ And they went.

Mark 15:25

And it was the third hour, and they impaled Him.

Acts 16:19

But when her masters saw that their anticipation of money-making was gone, they seized Sha’ul and Silas and dragged them into the market-place to the rulers.

Acts 2:15

“For these men are not drunk, as you imagine, since it is only the third hour of the day.

1 Timothy 5:13

Moreover, they learn to be idle, going about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, speaking what is improper.

Hebrews 6:12

in order that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through belief and patience inherit the promises.