Matthew 20:5

Matthew 20:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
• New International Version (NIV)So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

Context of Matthew 20:5

3About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6About 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. 7‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’

Matthew 20:5 word by word

οἱ δὲ ἀπῆλθον. πάλιν δὲ ἐξελθὼν περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐνάτην ὥραν ἐποίησεν ὡσαύτως.Read the interlinear

• Soδέde · thenG1161
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• they wentἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• He went outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• sixthἕκτοςhektos · sixthG1623
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• ninthἔννατοςennatos · ninth (hour)G1766
• hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• the same thingὡσαύτωςhōsautōs · likewiseG5615

Cross-references for Matthew 20:5

• Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
• Mark 15:33From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
• Luke 23:44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
• John 1:39“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
• John 4:6Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
• John 11:9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
• Acts 3:1One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
• Acts 10:3One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
• Genesis 12:1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
• Joshua 24:2And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
• 2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
• Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

Commentaries on Matthew 20:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The sixth hour - Twelve o'clock. Ninth hour - three o'clock in the afternoon.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The sixth and ninth hour - That is, about twelve o‘clock and three o‘clock.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16This parable is like the parable of the lost son (Luke 15:11–32). In both, God shows grace to two groups, but one complains about unfair treatment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour--about noon, and about three o'clock in the afternoon. and did likewise--hiring and sending into his vineyard fresh laborers each time.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 20:5

• Aged
• Contracts
• Employee
• Gospel
• Hours
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Labor
• Penny
• Reward
• Servant
• Vineyard
• Wages
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Agree
• Choose
• Condemn
• Drink
• Hireling
• Idle
• Prepare
• Ransom
• Wages
• Wrong

Commentaries on Matthew 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings