Matthew 20:11
9 The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
10 So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
12 ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
13 But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
- KJV
- And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
- WEB
- When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
- ASV
- And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,
- DARBY
- And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
- BLB
- And having received [it], they were grumbling against the master of the house,
- ÅB
- Men da de fikk den begynte de å mukke mot landeieren og sa:
- OTB
- Da de mottok den, begynte de å klage på jordeieren.
- B1930
- Men da de fikk den, knurret de mot husbonden og sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 19:7
And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:16
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
Read in contextJude 1:16
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
Read in contextActs 11:2–3
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him
Read in contextActs 22:21–22
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
Read in contextLuke 15:28–30
The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
Read in contextActs 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
Read in contextLuke 15:2
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
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