Matthew 20:5

5 Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.

Matthew 20:5 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 20:5

Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour
About twelve o'clock, or at noon, and three o'clock in the afternoon. These three last mentioned seasons of the day, were the hours of prayer; see ( Acts 2:15 ) ( 3:1 ) ( 10:9 ) and did likewise: seeing others in the same place, and posture, he called them, and sent them into his vineyard, to labour there, giving them the same promise he did to others.

Matthew 20:5 In-Context

3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place;

4 and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went.

5 Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.

6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'

7 They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'