他們就去了。大約中午十二點[a]和下午三點[b],主人又出去,也是這麼做。 下午五點[c]左右,他出去看見還有人站著,就問他們:『你們為什麼整天閒站在這裡呢?』

「他們回答說:『因為沒有人雇用我們。』

「他就說:『你們也進葡萄園去吧。[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 馬太福音 20:5 中午十二點——原文為「第六時刻」。
  2. 馬太福音 20:5 下午三點——原文為「第九時刻」。
  3. 馬太福音 20:6 下午五點——原文為「第十一時刻」。
  4. 馬太福音 20:7 有古抄本附「我會給你們正當的回報。」

So they went.

“He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.

“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

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