3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
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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.
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, …
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? …
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)This parable of the labourers in the vineyard is intended, I. To represent to us the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 20:1), that is, the way and method of the gospel dispensation. The laws of that kingdom are not wrapt up in parables, but plainly set down, as in the sermon upon the mount; but the mysteries of that kingdom are delivered in parables, in sacraments, as here and Matt. 13:1-58 The duties of C…
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