Matthew 20:3

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When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

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  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
  • Ezek 16:49 : 49 “‘See here– this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.
  • Matt 11:16-17 : 16 “To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, 17 ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’
  • Matt 20:6-7 : 6 And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them,‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’ 7 They said to him,‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them,‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’
  • Mark 15:25 : 25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
  • Acts 2:15 : 15 In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.
  • Acts 17:17-21 : 17 So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there. 18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) 19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming? 20 For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.” 21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

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  • Matt 20:4-14
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    4He said to them,‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

    5So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o’clock that afternoon, he did the same thing.

    6And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them,‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’

    7They said to him,‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them,‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’

    8When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager,‘Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.’

    9When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay.

    10And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

    11When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner,

    12saying,‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

    13And the landowner replied to one of them,‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage?

    14Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

  • Matt 20:1-2
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    1Workers in the Vineyard“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

    2And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

  • Matt 21:28-30
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    28The Parable of the Two Sons“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said,‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

    29The boy answered,‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.

    30The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.

  • Luke 20:9-13
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    9The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

    10When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

    11So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.

    12So he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.

    13Then the owner of the vineyard said,‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’

  • Matt 21:33-36
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    33The Parable of the Tenants“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

    34When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

    35But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

    36Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

  • Mark 15:25
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    25It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.

  • Mark 12:1-3
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    1The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to speak to them in parables:“A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

    2At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.

    3But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

  • Acts 3:1
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    1Peter and John Heal a Lame Man at the Temple Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon.

  • Matt 22:5
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    5But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

  • Luke 20:15-16
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    15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

    16He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said,“May this never happen!”

  • Acts 2:15
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    15In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

  • Matt 21:39-40
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    39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

    40Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

  • Mark 12:8-9
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    68%

    8So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

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

  • Mark 11:19
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    19When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.

  • Mark 4:3
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    3“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

  • Matt 22:3
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    3He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

  • Matt 9:37-38
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    37Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

    38Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest-ready fields.”

  • John 4:38
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    38I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

  • Luke 21:38
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    38And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.

  • Mark 1:20
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    20Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

  • Matt 26:44
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    44So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

  • Luke 12:38
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    38Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those slaves!

  • Mark 14:41
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    41He came a third time and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

  • Matt 20:19
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    19and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”