Cross references

Matthew 20:3

About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

Matthew 20:3 BSB
  1. a That is, about nine in the morning

Matthew 20:3 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Timothy 5:13 (5 votes) and Proverbs 19:15 (3 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Job 7 to 2 Peter 1.

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  1. At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

  2. Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

  3. Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

  4. To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

  5. About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked. ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’

  6. Mark 15:252 votes

    It was the third hour when they crucified Him.

  7. Acts 2:152 votes

    These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!

  8. So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day. Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection. …

  9. Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

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