3He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.


In Context

1 |For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

4 To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.

5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

Matthew 20:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:3"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And going about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market place idle.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3'And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,