Matthew 20:11

When they received their wages, they complained about the landowner.

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In The King James Version

And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

In Context

10When the first workers came, they thought that they would receive more, but they also received one denarius each.

12They said, 'These last workers have spent only one hour in work, but you have made them equal to us, we who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'

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Cross References

Luke 5:30But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other sinful people?”

Luke 15:28The older son was angry and would not go in, and his father came out and begged him.

Acts 11:2When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, they who belonged to the circumcision group criticized him;

Acts 22:21But he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'”

Jude 1:16These are grumblers, complainers, who follow their evil desires. They are loud boasters, who, for their own advantage, flatter others.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17

The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →

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