Matthew 20:11

11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.

Matthew 20:11 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
English Standard Version (ESV)
11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house,
New Living Translation (NLT)
11 When they received their pay, they protested to the owner,
The Message Bible (MSG)
11 Taking the dollar, they groused angrily to the manager,
American Standard Version (ASV)
11 And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
11 Although they took it, they began to protest to the owner.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
11 When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner:
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
11 "When they received it, they began to complain about the owner.

Matthew 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.

Matthew 20:11 In-Context

9 “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.
10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?

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