Matthew 20:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,›

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  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 ¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Ezek 16:49 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
  • Matt 11:16-17 : 16 ¶ ‹But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,› 17 ‹And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.›
  • Matt 20:6-7 : 6 ‹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?› 7 ‹They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right,› [that] ‹shall ye receive.›
  • Mark 15:25 : 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
  • Acts 2:15 : 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day.
  • Acts 17:17-21 : 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. 19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

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  • Matt 20:4-14
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    90%

    4‹And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.›

    5‹Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.›

    6‹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?›

    7‹They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right,› [that] ‹shall ye receive.›

    8‹So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them› [their] ‹hire, beginning from the last unto the first.›

    9‹And when they came that› [were hired] ‹about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.›

    10‹But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.›

    11‹And when they had received› [it], ‹they murmured against the goodman of the house,›

    12‹Saying, These last have wrought› [but] ‹one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.›

    13‹But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?›

    14‹Take› [that] ‹thine› [is], ‹and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.›

  • Matt 20:1-2
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    83%

    1¶ ‹For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man› [that is] ‹an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.›

    2‹And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.›

  • Matt 21:28-30
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    73%

    28¶ ‹But what think ye? A› [certain] ‹man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.›

    29‹He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.›

    30‹And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I› [go], ‹sir: and went not.›

  • Luke 20:9-13
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    9¶ Then began he to speak to the people this parable; ‹A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.›

    10‹And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent› [him] ‹away empty.›

    11‹And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated› [him] ‹shamefully, and sent› [him] away ‹empty.›

    12‹And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast› [him] ‹out›.

    13‹Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence› [him] ‹when they see him.›

  • Matt 21:33-36
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    33¶ ‹Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:›

    34‹And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.›

    35‹And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.›

    36‹Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.›

  • Mark 15:25
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    25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

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    2‹And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.›

    3‹And they caught› [him], ‹and beat him, and sent› [him] ‹away empty.›

  • Acts 3:1
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    1¶ Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [being] the ninth [hour].

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    5‹But they made light of› [it], ‹and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:›

  • Luke 20:15-16
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    15‹So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed› [him]. ‹What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?›

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  • Acts 2:15
    69%

    15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day.

  • Matt 21:39-40
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    39‹And they caught him, and cast› [him] ‹out of the vineyard, and slew› [him].

    40‹When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?›

  • Mark 12:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8‹And they took him, and killed› [him], ‹and cast› [him] ‹out of the vineyard.›

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    19And when even was come, he went out of the city.

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