⭐WEB · Matthew 20:6
What does Matthew 20:6 mean?
"About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’"
— Matthew 20:6 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’
When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
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