Matthew 20:6
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?
KJV
περὶ δὲ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ἐξελθὼν εὗρεν ἄλλους ἑστῶτας, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· τί ὧδε ἑστήκατε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἀργοί;
Greek NT
Circa undecimam vero exiit, et invenit alios stantes, et dicit illis : Quid hic statis tota die otiosi ?
Vulgate
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
ASV
But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἑνδεκάτην — SBLGNT
- ἑνδεκάτην — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ὥραν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἑστῶτας — SBLGNT
- ἑστῶτας — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἀργούς — Robinson-Pierpont
Parable
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 17:21 — (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
- Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
- John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
- Josh 18:3 — And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
- Matt 20:9 — And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.