Matthew 20:3

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

And it was the third hour, when they crucified him. And there was an inscription of his written over,

These are not drunken as ye suppose for it is but the third hour of the day.

And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing idle and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

But whereto shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets,

He therefore discoursed in the synagogue to the Jews and the devout persons, and in the market-place daily to those whom he met with.

And withal they learn to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers and busy bodies, speaking what they ought not.

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and long suffering inherited the promises.