Matthieu 20:3

3 Il sortit encore vers la troisième heure, et il en vit d'autres qui étaient sur la place sans rien faire,

Matthieu 20:3 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 20:3

And he went out about the third hour
About nine o'clock in the morning,

and saw others standing idle in the market place:
the place where labourers used to be hired: and may design the world, because a place full of people, and of great wickedness, for the whole world lies in it; a place of trade and traffic in worldly things, and likewise of worldly and carnal pleasure, and also of idleness. Now God's elect before calling, are in this place: they are natives of it, have their conversation according to it: here Christ came in person, and here he sends his ministers, his Gospel, to find them out, and by his Spirit and grace he calls them from hence; so that afterwards they are no more of it, though they are in it: but before conversion they belong to it, and their posture then is standing idle; being sluggish, and slothful in business, unwilling to work, and afraid of a little danger and trouble, sauntering away their time in carnal pleasures, and so clothed with rags, and in a starving, famishing condition: but Christ's eye is upon them; he observes, and takes notice of them in this disagreeable position and situation, and speaks of them in the following manner.

Matthieu 20:3 In-Context

1 Car le royaume des cieux est semblable à un père de famille, qui sortit dès la pointe du jour, afin de louer des ouvriers pour sa vigne.

2 Et étant convenu avec les ouvriers d'un denier par jour, il les envoya à sa vigne.

3 Il sortit encore vers la troisième heure, et il en vit d'autres qui étaient sur la place sans rien faire,

4 Et il leur dit: Allez, vous aussi, à ma vigne, et je vous donnerai ce qui sera raisonnable.

5 Et ils y allèrent. Il sortit encore vers la sixième et la neuvième heure, et fit la même chose.