Mateus 20:10

10 Vindo, então, os primeiros, pensaram que haviam de receber mais; mas do mesmo modo receberam um denário cada um.

Mateus 20:10 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 20:10

But when the first came
Who were early hired into the vineyard; and design either the first saints that were in the world; or the Jews that first believed in Christ, either really or nominally; or such, who were called by grace in their early days:

they supposed,
or "hoped", as the Syriac version renders it,

that they should have received more;
than a penny, a greater reward: not that they could expect it on the foot of their agreement, or on account of their work; but because they observed, that they that came last into the vineyard, had as much as they agreed for; and therefore hoped, from the goodness of their Lord to them, that they should receive more:

and they likewise received every man a penny;
the selfsame privileges of the Gospel, and a title to the selfsame reward of free grace, the selfsame glory and happiness.

Mateus 20:10 In-Context

8 Ao anoitecer, disse o senhor da vinha ao seu mordomo: Chama os trabalhadores, e paga-lhes o salário, começando pelos últimos até os primeiros.

9 Chegando, pois, os que tinham ido cerca da hora undécima, receberam um denário cada um.

10 Vindo, então, os primeiros, pensaram que haviam de receber mais; mas do mesmo modo receberam um denário cada um.

11 E ao recebê-lo, murmuravam contra o proprietário, dizendo:

12 Estes últimos trabalharam somente uma hora, e os igualastes a nós, que suportamos a fadiga do dia inteiro e o forte calor.