Matthew 20:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • John 9:4 : 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.
  • Acts 17:21 : 21 For all the Athenians and foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear some new thing.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.
  • Ezek 16:49 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
  • Luke 23:40-43 : 40 But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong. 42 Then he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom. 43 And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 20:1-5
    5 verses
    90%

    1For the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

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

    3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

    4And said to them, Go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. So they went.

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

  • Matt 20:7-16
    10 verses
    88%

    7They said to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, that you shall receive.

    8So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.

    9And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a penny.

    10But when the first came, they supposed they would receive more; and they likewise each received a penny.

    11And when they had received it, they grumbled against the master of the house,

    12Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

    13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not agree with me for a penny?

    14Take what is yours, and go your way: I will give to this last, even as to you.

    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?

    16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.

  • Matt 21:28
    75%

    28But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

  • Luke 20:9-16
    8 verses
    75%

    9Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to tenant farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.

    10And at harvest time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers, that they would give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the tenant farmers beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

    11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

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

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

    14But when the tenant farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

    15So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?

    16He shall come and destroy those tenant farmers, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

  • Mark 12:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

    2At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • Matt 21:39-41
    3 verses
    72%

    39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

    40When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine dressers?

    41They said to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will lease his vineyard to other vine dressers who will render him the fruits in their seasons.

  • Matt 21:33-36
    4 verses
    72%

    33Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and hedged it around, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and leased it to vine dressers, and went into a far country.

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

    35And the vine dressers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

    36Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they did likewise to them.

  • Mark 12:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

    9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

  • Luke 17:7
    70%

    7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

  • Matt 22:5
    70%

    5But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his business:

  • Matt 25:6
    70%

    6And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him.

  • Luke 14:21
    70%

    21So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the lame, and the blind.

  • Matt 25:19
    70%

    19After a long time, the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

  • Matt 25:26
    70%

    26But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

  • Matt 21:30
    70%

    30And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; but he did not go.

  • Matt 25:13
    69%

    13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.

  • Luke 12:46
    69%

    46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

  • Luke 16:2
    69%

    2And he called him and said to him, How is it that I hear this about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you may no longer be steward.

  • Luke 16:5
    69%

    5So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much do you owe my master?

  • Luke 13:6
    69%

    6He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

  • Matt 22:3
    69%

    3And sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they would not come.

  • Mark 13:35
    69%

    35Watch therefore: for you do not know when the master of the house comes, in the evening, or at midnight, or at the rooster crowing, or in the morning:

  • Deut 24:15
    69%

    15You shall give him his wages on the same day, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.