Matthew 20:6 TSK: About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, 'Why are you standing here all day long without work?'

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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.

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the eleventh.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever 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.

Luke 23:40-43
But the other one rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment? . . .

John 9:4
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

Why.

Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

Ezekiel 16:49
Now 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.

Acts 17:21
Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

Hebrews 6:12
Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
"And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day long?'

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'

International Standard Version
About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, 'Why are you standing here all day long without work?'

NET Bible
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?'

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And towards the 11th hour he went out and he found others who were standing and were idle, and he said to them, 'Why are you standing and are idle all day?'

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