Matthew 20:3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness induces deep sleep, and a lazy person will go hungry.

Ezekiel 16:49

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy.

Matthew 20:2

After agreeing with the workers on one denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:4

To those men he said, ‘You also go to my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So off they went.

Mark 15:25

Now it was nine in the morning when they crucified Him.

Acts 16:19

When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

Acts 2:15

For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.

1 Timothy 5:13

At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.