King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 20:6
“‹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?›”
Verse in context — Matthew 20
4
‹And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.›
5
‹Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.›
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.›
8
‹So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them› [their] ‹hire, beginning from the last unto the first.›
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