So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did likewise.
Matthew 20:6 - The Text-Critical English New Testament About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And about the eleventh hour (five o'clock) he went out and found still others standing around, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day? American Standard Version (1901) And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? Common English Bible Around five in the afternoon he went and found others standing around, and he said to them, ‘Why are you just standing around here doing nothing all day long?’ Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing, and he said to them, 'Why have you stood here idle all day?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle? |
So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did likewise.
They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into my vineyard as well, and you will receive whatever is right.’
When those who had been hired about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
I must do the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
(Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who dwelt there would spend their time in nothing else but talking about and listening to whatever the newest idea might be.)
so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.