Matteo 20:11

11 E, ricevutolo, mormoravano contro al padron di casa, dicendo:

Matteo 20:11 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 20:11

And when they had received it
The external privileges of the Gospel dispensation, an inheritance among them that are sanctified, and a right unto it, on the foot of free grace,

they murmured against the good man of the house;
who had been so kind and liberal, to those who came last into the vineyard, and had done no injury to them, but gave them a full reward. So the Jews that first believed in Christ, were at first uneasy at the Gospel being preached to the Gentiles, at the calling of them, and their partaking of the same privileges in a Gospel church state with them, without submitting to the ceremonies of the law, as they had done; just as the Pharisees, in Christ's time, murmured against him; for receiving sinners, and eating with them: though in the latter day, the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and in the ultimate glory there will be no murmuring at each other's happiness.

Matteo 20:11 In-Context

9 Allora quei delle undici ore vennero, e ricevettero un denaro per uno.

10 Poi vennero i primi, i quali pensavano di ricever più, ma ricevettero anch’essi un denaro per uno.

11 E, ricevutolo, mormoravano contro al padron di casa, dicendo:

12 Questi ultimi han lavorato solo un’ora, e tu li hai fatti pari a noi, che abbiam portata la gravezza del dì, e l’arsura.

13 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse all’un di loro: Amico, io non ti fo alcun torto; non ti convenisti tu meco in un denaro?