New English Translation
Matthew 20:11
11When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner,
Matthew 20:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
- New International Version (NIV)When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,
Context of Matthew 20:11
9When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay. 10And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage. When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner, 12saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’ 13And the landowner replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage?
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Cross-references for Matthew 20:11
- Luke 5:30But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Luke 15:2But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
- Luke 19:7And when the people saw it, they all complained, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
- Acts 11:2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.
- Acts 22:21Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
- Jude 1:16These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.
Commentaries on Matthew 20:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11They murmured - The Jews made the preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles, a pretense why they should reject that Gospel; as they fondly imagined they were, and should be, the sole objects of the Divine approbation. How they murmured because the Gentiles were made partakers of the kingdom of God; see Acts 11:1, etc., and Acts 15:1, etc. There are many similitudes of this kind among the Jews, where the principal part even of the phraseology of our Lord's…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Murmured - Complained; found fault with. The goodman of the house - The original here is the same word which in Matthew 20:1 is translated householder, and should have been so translated here. It is the old English way of denoting the father of a family. It expresses no moral quality.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16This parable is like the parable of the lost son (Luke 15:11–32). In both, God shows grace to two groups, but one complains about unfair treatment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house--rather, "the householder," the word being the same as in Mt 20:1.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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