Matthew

Matthew 20:6–7

⁶About the eleventh hour^d he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

⁷‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.

So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’^e

Footnotes

d 20:6 That is, about five in the afternoon; also in verse 9
e 20:7 BYZ and TR include and whatever is right, you shall receive.

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Matthew 20:6

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
About	Περὶ	Peri	Preposition	G4012 about, concerning, around
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
eleventh	ἑνδεκάτην	hendekatēn	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1734 eleventh
he went out	ἐξελθὼν	exelthōn	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1831 I go out, come out
found	εὗρεν	heuren	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2147 I find
still others	ἄλλους	allous	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G243 other, another, different
standing	ἑστῶτας	hestōtas	Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural	G2476 I cause to stand, stand
Why	Τί	Ti	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G5101 who, which, what
have you been standing	ἑστήκατε	hestēkate	Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2476 I cause to stand, stand
here	ὧδε	hōde	Adverb	G5602 here
all	ὅλην	holēn	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3650 all, the whole, entire
day	ἡμέραν	hēmeran	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2250 a day
doing nothing	ἀργοί	argoi	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural	G692 idle, lazy, thoughtless
he asked	λέγει	legei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G3004 I say, speak

Matthew 20:7

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Because	Ὅτι	Hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
no one	οὐδεὶς	oudeis	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3762 no one, none, nothing
has hired	ἐμισθώσατο	emisthōsato	Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular	G3409 I hire out, hire, engage
us	ἡμᾶς	hēmas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
they answered	Λέγουσιν	Legousin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G3004 I say, speak
So he told	Λέγει	Legei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G3004 I say, speak
them	αὐτοῖς	autois	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
You	ὑμεῖς	hymeis	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
also	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
go	Ὑπάγετε	Hypagete	Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G5217 I go away, depart
into	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
vineyard	ἀμπελῶνα	ampelōna	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G290 a vineyard

Cross-references

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Matthew 20:6 John 9:4 · Acts 17:21 · Hebrews 6:12

Matthew 20:7 Hebrews 6:10 · Ephesians 2:11–12 · Acts 17:30–31

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.