New King James Version
Matthew 20:5
5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
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 Living Translation (NLT)So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.
Context of Matthew 20:5
3And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. 6And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’ 7They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’
Read all of Matthew 20Matthew 20:5 word by word
οἱ δὲ ἀπῆλθον. πάλιν δὲ ἐξελθὼν περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐνάτην ὥραν ἐποίησεν ὡσαύτως.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Matthew 20:5
- Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
- Mark 15:33Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- Luke 23:44Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
- John 1:39He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).
- John 4:6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat 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 went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
- Acts 10:3About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius!”
- Genesis 12:1Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.
- Joshua 24:2And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
- Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he became of age, 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
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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
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