Matthew 20:11

Matthew 20:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)When they received their pay, they protested to the owner,

Context of Matthew 20:11

9“The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 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?

Matthew 20:11 word by word

λαβόντες δὲ ἐγόγγυζον κατὰ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότουRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• when they had receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• they murmuredγογγύζωgogguzō · to murmurG1111
• againstκατάkata · according toG2596
• the goodman of the houseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the goodman of the houseοἰκοδεσπότηςoikodespotēs · householderG3617

Cross-references for Matthew 20:11

• Luke 5:30But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Luke 15:2But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
• Luke 19:7All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
• Acts 11:2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him
• Acts 13:45When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.
• Acts 22:21“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.
• Jude 1:16These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

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

Topics related to Matthew 20:11

• Contracts
• Employee
• Employer
• Gospel
• Hours
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Labor
• Penny
• Reward
• Servant
• Vineyard
• Wages
• Wicked (People)
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Agree
• Choose
• Condemn
• Drink
• Hireling
• Idle
• Prepare
• Ransom
• Wages
• Wrong

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