Matthew 20:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.”
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“About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“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?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 20:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Matthew 20:9The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
- Luke 23:40But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
- John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
- Acts 17:21Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
- Hebrews 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
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