Matthew 20:5-7

5So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. 6And aabout the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

Mark 13:34

34 bIt is like a man cgoing on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants
Greek bondservants
in charge, eeach with his work, and commands fthe doorkeeper to stay awake.

1 Corinthians 15:58

58 gTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in hthe work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord iyour labor is not in vain.

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