Matthew 20:3 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the market-place doing nothing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And going out about the third hour (nine o'clock), he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; American Standard Version (1901) And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle; Common English Bible “Then he went out around nine in the morning and saw others standing around the marketplace doing nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And going about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market place idle. |
‘ “Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
He told them, “You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.”
When her owners realised that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market-place to face the authorities.
These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!
Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.