Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 20:6

"And about the eleventh [hour] he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?" — Matthew 20:6 (ASV)

And about the eleventh hour—

Why, then, surely the day was over. They were ready to put away their tools and go home. But—

He went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why stand you here all the day idle?

"Why?" Can you give a reason for it? Why stand you here in the marketplace, where men come together on purpose to be hired?

Why stand you here, you able-bodied ones that still might work? Why stand you here all the day? That you should be idle a little while is bad enough. Why stand you here all the day, and why stand you here all the day idle, when there is so much work to be done, and such a wage to receive for it?