Matthew 20:6–7
Matthew 20:6–7 — The New International Version (NIV)
6 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?’
7 “ ‘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)
6 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?’ 7 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)
6 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? 7 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)
6 “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?’
7 “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)
6 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?’ 7 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)
6 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? 7 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)
6 But about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7 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)
6 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?’
7 “ ‘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)
6 Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’
7 “ ‘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)
6 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?’ 7 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)
6 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?’ 7 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)
6 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?’
7 “ ‘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)
6 “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?’
7 “They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’