Matthew 20:3

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Summary

Matthew 20:3

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

The third

Mark 15:25

Acts 2:15

Standing

Hebrews 6:12

Bible References

The third

And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.

Standing

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.