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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing1 idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’  
7 They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,1 and whatever is right you will receive.’  
8 “So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’
9 And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.
10 But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius.
11 And when they had received it, they1 complained against the landowner,  
12 saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’
Verse Comparison: Matthew 20:3

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American Standard Version
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

Amplified® Bible
And going out about the third hour (nine o'clock), he saw others standing idle in the marketplace;

Contemporary English Version
About nine that morning, the man saw some other people standing in the market with nothing to do.

Darby English Version
And having gone out about [the] third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;

Good News Bible
He went out again to the marketplace at nine o'clock and saw some men standing there doing nothing,

International Standard Version
When he went out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing in the marketplace without work.

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

New American Standard Bible
"And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place;

New International Version
"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

New King James Version
And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place;

Young's Literal Translation
`And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,

New English Translation
When it was about nine o’clock in the morning,1 he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.


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