Matthew 20:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

Ezekiel 16:49

Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

Matthew 20:5

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

Matthew 20:7

They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

Matthew 20:9

And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.

John 9:4

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.

Hebrews 6:12

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.