Matthew 20:5-7

20:5 So they went. When ¹  he went out again about noon and three o’clock that afternoon, ²  he did the same thing. 20:6 And about five o’clock that afternoon ³  he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’ 20:7 They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’

Mark 13:34

13:34 It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves ⁴  in charge, assigning ⁵  to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

Mark 13:1

The Destruction of the Temple

13:1 Now ⁶  as Jesus ⁷  was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!” ⁸ 

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ⁹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn Grk “he went out again about the sixth and ninth hour.”

³ tn Grk “about the eleventh hour.”

⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.

⁵ tn Grk “giving.”

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.

⁹ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.