Matthew 20:3
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And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle.

the third.

Mark 15:25 And it was the third hour: and they crucified him.

Acts 2:15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day:

standing.

Matthew 20:6,7 But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle? . . .

Matthew 11:16,17 But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place. . . .

Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Ezekiel 16:49 Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and the poor.

Acts 17:17-21 He disputed, therefore, in the synagogue with the Jews and with them that served God: and in the market place, every day, with them that were there. . . .

1 Timothy 5:13 And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also and busy bodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Hebrews 6:12 That you become not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.

Context
The Parable of the Workers
2And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle. 4And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.…
Cross References
Matthew 20:2
And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:4
And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.

Acts 16:19
But her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, apprehending Paul and Silas, brought them into the market place to the rulers.

Acts 17:17
He disputed, therefore, in the synagogue with the Jews and with them that served God: and in the market place, every day, with them that were there.

Lexicon
About
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

the third
τρίτην (tritēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5154: Third. Ordinal from treis; third; neuter a third part, or a third time, thirdly.

hour
ὥραν (hōran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5610: Apparently a primary word; an 'hour'.

he went out
ἐξελθὼν (exelthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

[and] saw
εἶδεν (eiden)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

others
ἄλλους (allous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

standing
ἑστῶτας (hestōtas)
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

marketplace
ἀγορᾷ (agora)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 58: From ageiro; properly, the town-square; by implication, a market or thoroughfare.

without anything to do.
ἀργούς (argous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 692: Idle, lazy, thoughtless, unprofitable, injurious. (by implication) lazy, useless.


Additional Translations
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

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

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

And having gone out about [the] third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;

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

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place,

About nine o'clock he went out and saw others loitering in the market-place.

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

'And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,
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