Matthew 20:5

5 So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.

Matthew 20:5 in Other Translations

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

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

5 So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.

5 They went.

5 About noon and at three, he went out again and 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 “About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

4 He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’

5 So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.

6 About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

7 “ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’