Matthew 20:10

Matthew 20:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
• New International Version (NIV)So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius.

Context of Matthew 20:10

8“That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. 9When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage. 11When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, 12‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’

Matthew 20:10 word by word

καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ πρῶτοι ἐνόμισαν ὅτι πλεῖον λήμψονται· καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ ἀνὰ δηνάριον καὶ αὐτοί.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• whenἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• the firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• they supposedνομίζωnomizō · to thinkG3543
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• they should have receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• moreπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• every manἀνάana · eachG303
• a pennyδηνάριονdēnarion · denariusG1220

Commentaries on Matthew 20:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10They supposed that they should have received more - They had worked longer - they had been in the heat; they supposed that it was his intention to pay them, not according to contract, but according to the time of the labor.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. 1010. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more--This is that calculating, mercenary spirit which had peeped out--though perhaps very slightly--in Peter's question (Mt 19:27), and which this parable was designed once for all to put down among the servants of Christ.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 20:10

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

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