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Matthew 20:6–7

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing 1idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, 2and whatever is right you will receive.’

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Matthew 20:6–7 — The New International Version (NIV)

About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

“ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.

He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

Matthew 20:6–7 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

Matthew 20:6–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

Matthew 20:6–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’

They replied,Because no one hired us.’

The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’

Matthew 20:6–7 — New Century Version (NCV)

About five o’clock the man went to the marketplace again and saw others standing there. He asked them, ‘Why did you stand here all day doing nothing?’ They answered, ‘No one gave us a job.’ The man said to them, ‘Then you can go and work in my vineyard.’

Matthew 20:6–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

Matthew 20:6–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

But about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go also ye into the vineyard and whatsoever may be just ye shall receive.

Matthew 20:6–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

About 5 p.m. he went out and found some others standing around. He said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day long without work?’ 

“ ‘No one has hired us,’ they answered him. 

“He said to them, ‘Work in my vineyard.’ 

Matthew 20:6–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’

“ ‘Because no one hired us,’ they said to him.

“ ‘You also go to my vineyard,’ he told them.

Matthew 20:6–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’

Matthew 20:6–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing there and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go also into the vineyard.’

Matthew 20:6–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

About five o’clock he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

“ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.

“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

Matthew 20:6–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’

They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’


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