Matthew 20:6

New American Standard Bible 2020

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he *said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And a lazy person will suffer hunger.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, plenty of food, and carefree ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.

Matthew 20:5

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

Matthew 20:7

They *said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He *said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

Matthew 20:9

When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius.

John 9:4

We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

Acts 17:21

(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

Hebrews 6:12

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and endurance inherit the promises.