Matthew 20:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

About nine that morning, the man saw some other people standing in the market with nothing to do.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

If you are lazy and sleep your time away, you will starve.

Ezekiel 16:49

They were arrogant and spoilt; they had everything they needed and still refused to help the poor and needy.

Matthew 20:2

After he had agreed to pay them the usual amount for a day's work, he sent them off to his vineyard.

Matthew 20:4

He said he would pay them what was fair, if they would work in his vineyard.

Mark 15:25

It was about nine o'clock in the morning when they nailed him to the cross.

Acts 16:19

When the girl's owners realized that they had lost all chances for making more money, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them into court.

Acts 2:15

You are wrong to think that these people are drunk. After all, it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides, they will become lazy and get into the habit of going from house to house. Next, they will start gossiping and become busybodies, talking about things that are none of their business.

Hebrews 6:12

Then you would never be lazy. You would be following the example of those who had faith and were patient until God kept his promise to them.