Matthew 20:3

New English Translation

When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

Ezekiel 16:49

“‘See here – this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.

Matthew 20:2

And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:4

He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

Mark 15:25

It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.

Acts 16:19

But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

Acts 2:15

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

1 Timothy 5:13

And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

Hebrews 6:12

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