"Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise." — Matthew 20:5

Matthew 20:5 · KJV

“Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.”

— Matthew 20:5

And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

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?

Matthew 20 — Context

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

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.

Cross References

Acts 3:1

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, {being} the ninth {hour}.

Luke 23:44-46

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. {earth: or, land}

Joshua 24:2-3

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, {even} Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

Mark 15:33-34

And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Hebrews 11:24-26

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Genesis 12:1-4

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

John 4:6

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with {his} journey, sat thus on the well: {and} it was about the sixth hour.

John 11:9

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.