Matthew 20:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Matthew 20:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 5:13
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.
Acts 2:15
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Matthew 11:16-17
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, …
Matthew 20:6-7
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? …
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. And he went out about the third hour--about nine o’clock, or after a fourth of the working day had expired: the day of twelve hours was reckoned from six to six. and saw others standing idle in the market place--unemployed.