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Matthew 20:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’ "

Matthew 20:6

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4 He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

7 “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

8 “When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

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Matthew 20:1

"“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard."

Matthew 20:2

"When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard."

Matthew 20:3

"He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace."

Matthew 20:4

"He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way."

Matthew 20:5

"Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise."

Matthew 20:7

"“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’"

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