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

3And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place; 4and to those he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ And so they went. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing. 6And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’ 7They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

Matthew 20:5 word by word

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

• Againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• he wentἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• out aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• sixthἕκτοςhektos · sixthG1623
• hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• and didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• the sameὡσαύτωςhōsautōs · likewiseG5615

Cross-references for Matthew 20:5

• Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
• Mark 15:33When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.
• Luke 23:44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour,
• John 1:39He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
• John 4:6and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
• John 11:9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
• Acts 3:1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.
• Acts 10:3About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, “Cornelius!”
• Genesis 12:1Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you;
• Joshua 24:2Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
• 2 Chronicles 33:12When he was in distress, he entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
• Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he had grown up, 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