Matthew 20:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

About five o’clock the man went to the marketplace again. He saw some other people standing there. He asked them, ‘Why did you stand here all day doing nothing?’

Cross References

Hebrews 6:12

We don’t want you to be lazy. We want you to be like those who, because of their faith and patience, will get what God has promised.

John 9:4

While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the one who sent me. The night is coming, and no one can work at night.

Acts 17:21

(The people of Athens and the foreigners who lived there spent all their time either telling or listening to all the latest ideas.)

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on sleep, and an appetite for rest brings on hunger.

Ezekiel 16:49

“Your sister Sodom and her daughters were proud. They had too much to eat and too much time on their hands, and they did not help poor, helpless people.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to the place of death.

Matthew 20:5

So they went to work in the vineyard. “The man went out again about twelve o’clock and again at three o’clock. Both times he hired some others to work in his vineyard.

Matthew 20:7

“They said, ‘No one gave us a job.’ “The man said to them, ‘Then you can go and work in my vineyard.’

Matthew 20:9

“The workers who were hired at five o’clock came to get their pay. Each worker got one silver coin.