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Matthew 20:6

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And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

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  1. Matthew 20:4

    And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

  2. Matthew 20:5

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

  3. Matthew 20:7

    They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

  4. Matthew 20:8

    So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

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