Matthew 20:3

The Parable of the Workers

2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. 3About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.4‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’

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Berean Standard Bible
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
American Standard Version (1901)
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;
Bible in Basic English
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;
Douay-Rheims 1899
And going about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market place idle.
Free Bible Version
Around 9 a.m. he went out and saw others without work standing in the marketplace.
Geneva Bible 1599
And he went out about the third houre, and sawe other standing idle in the market place,
King James (Authorized) Version
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
One Unity Resource Bible
He went out about nine in the morning, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
Translation for Translators
At nine o’clock that same morning he went back to the market. There he saw more men who did not have work.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He went out again about the third hour and saw other workers standing idle in the marketplace.
Noah Webster Bible
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place,
World English Bible
He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
Young's Literal Translation
'And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,