Matthew 20:3 meaning and explanation

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

Matthew 20:3, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is telling a parable about the kingdom of heaven, and here the landowner goes out again mid morning. The third hour is about 9 a.m., counting from sunrise, so the owner has already hired a crew at dawn and now finds more men idle in the marketplace.

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