Matthew 20:11
So when they had received it, they grumbled against the employer, saying,
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
In Context
10and when the first came, they expected to get more, but they also each got the shilling.
Cross References
Luke 5:30This led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, "Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?"
Luke 15:28"Then he was angry and would not go in. But his father came out and entreated him.
Acts 11:2and, when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the champions of circumcision found fault with him.
Acts 22:21"`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"
Jude 1:16These men are murmurers, ever bemoaning their lot. Their lives are guided by their evil passions, and their mouths are full of big, boastful words, while they treat individual men with admiring reverence for the sake of the advantage they can gain.
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 →