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Read Full Chapter (Matthew 20) Matthew 20:3 KJV
"And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,"
Matthew 20:3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
1
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
2
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
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And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
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Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
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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?