Matthew 20:6

A Conservative Version

And having gone out about the eleventh hour, he found others who have stood idle. And he says to them, Why have ye stood here idle the whole day?

Cross References

Hebrews 6:12

so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

John 9:4

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians, and the foreigners who dwell alien there, were at leisure in nothing else, than to tell or to hear something new.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters, and she did not strengthen the hand of a poor and needy man.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.

Matthew 20:5

Again having gone out about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise.

Matthew 20:7

They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever would be right ye will receive.

Matthew 20:9

And those who came about the eleventh hour, each received a denarius.