Matthew

Matthew 20:6

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.

Footnotes

d 20:6 That is, about five in the afternoon; also in verse 9

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Word by word

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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

Cross-references

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John 9:4 · Acts 17:21 · Hebrews 6:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.