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Matthew 20:6
The Parable of the Workers
5So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
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Berean Standard Bible
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
American Standard Version (1901)
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?
Bible in Basic English
And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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?
Free Bible Version
At 5 p.m. he went out and found others standing there. ‘Why are you standing around all day doing nothing?’ he asked them.
Geneva Bible 1599
And he went about the eleuenth houre, and found other standing idle, and sayd vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
King James (Authorized) Version
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?
One Unity Resource Bible
About a hour before sunset he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
Translation for Translators
At five o’clock he went to the market again and saw other men standing there who were not working. He said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day and not working?’
Unlocked Literal Bible
Once more about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all the day long?'
Noah Webster Bible
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
World English Bible
About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
Young's Literal Translation
And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?