Mat 20:3
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
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And withal they learn {to be} idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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?
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is {but} the third hour of the day.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is {but} the third hour of the day.
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make {you that ye shall} neither {be} barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. {barren: Gr. idle}