Cross References

Matthew 20:6

The Scriptures 1998

“And about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’

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Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.

All that your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

“See, this was the crookedness of your sister Seḏ

“Having gone out again about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise.

“They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You too go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you shall receive.’

“And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a silver piece.

“It is necessary for Me to work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day – night is coming, when no one is able to work.

For all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their leisure time in doing naught but to speak or to hear what is fresh.

in order that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through belief and patience inherit the promises.