3. And going out about the third hour (nine o'clock), he saw others standing idle in the marketplace;
4. And he said to them, You go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will pay you. And they went.
5. He went out again about the sixth hour (noon), and the ninth hour (three o'clock) he did the same.
6. And about the eleventh hour (five o'clock) he went out and found still others standing around, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day?
7. They answered him, Because nobody has hired us. He told them, You go out into the vineyard also and you will get whatever is just and fair.
8. When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first. [Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:15.]