5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,{noon and 3:00 P. M.} and did likewise.
6 About the eleventh hour{5:00 PM} he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'
7 'They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' 'He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.'
8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'
9 'When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
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