Matthew 20:3

Modern English Version

“Then he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts a man into a deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom. Pride, abundance of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Matthew 20:2

When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:4

and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.

Mark 15:25

Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.

Acts 16:19

When her masters saw that the hope of their profits was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers.

Acts 2:15

For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is the third hour of the day.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides that, they learn to be idle, and not only idle, wandering around from house to house, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they ought not.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be lazy, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.