When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

约在巳初出去，看见市上还有闲站的人，

约在上午九点钟出去，看见市场上还有闲站的人，

约在上午九点钟出去，看见市场上还有闲站的人，

“大约上午九点钟，园主出去看见一些人站在街市上无所事事，

大约九点钟，他又出去，看见还有人闲站在街市上，

大约上午九点，他又出去，看见还有人闲站在街市上，

約在巳初出去，看見市上還有閒站的人，

約在上午九點鐘出去，看見市場上還有閒站的人，

約在上午九點鐘出去，看見市場上還有閒站的人，

「大約上午九點鐘，園主出去看見一些人站在街市上無所事事，

大約九點鐘，他又出去，看見還有人閒站在街市上，

大約在上午九點，他又出去，看見市場上另有人站着，閒懶無事，

大約上午九點，他又出去，看見還有人閒站在街市上，

巳初出見有閒立於市者、

辰盡出、見有閒立於市者、

巳初原文作第三時復出、見有閒立於市者、

巳初復出、見人閒立於市、

“ About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

“ About nine o’clock in the morning he went out again. He saw others standing in the market doing nothing.

And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

“ At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.

And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace;

And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say.

Laziness induces deep sleep, and a lazy person will go hungry.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God, as well as in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said,“ What is this ignorant show-off trying to say?” Others replied,“ He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”— because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said,“ May we learn about this new teaching you are presenting?Because what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these things mean.”Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy.

Then about five he went and found others standing around and said to them,‘ Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’“‘ Because no one hired us,’ they said to him.“‘ You also go into my vineyard,’ he told them.

Now it was nine in the morning when they crucified him.

“ To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to other children:We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn!

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.