Matthew 20:5

5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth and ninth hour he did the same [thing].

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 marketplace.

4 And to those [people] he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever is right.'

5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth and ninth hour he did the same [thing].

6 And about the eleventh [hour] he went out [and] found others standing [there] and said to them, 'Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?'

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts have "And going out"