When he went out about five, he found some other men standing there, and said to them 'Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?'
So the men went. Going out again about mid-day and about three o'clock, he did as before.
'Because no one has hired us,' they answered. 'You also may go into my vineyard,' he said.
Now when those who had been hired about five o'clock went up, they received two shillings each.
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
(All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)
Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God's promises.