Matthew 20 · Verse 11

Matthew 20:11

And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
Matthew 20:11, King James Version

Matthew 20:11 in other translations

BSBOn receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
WEBWhen they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
ASVAnd when they received it, they murmured against the householder,
YLTand having received it, they were murmuring against the householder, saying,
DARBYAnd on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
BBEAnd when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,
WebsterAnd when they had received it, they murmured against the master of the house.

What does Matthew 20:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. 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.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 11. Murmured. Complained. Found fault with.

The good man of the house. The original here is the same word which, Mt 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.

(c) "against the good man" Lk 15:29,30

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 They 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 Act 11:1, etc., and Act 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 parable may be found. Several of them may be seen in Schoettgen. Our Lord, however, as in all other cases, has greatly improved the language, scope, design, and point of the similitude. He was, in all cases, an eminent master of the sentences.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 20:1-16

The direct object of this parable seems to be, to show that though the Jews were first called into the vineyard, at length the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles, and they should be admitted to equal privileges and advantages with the Jews. The parable may also be applied more generally, and shows, 1. That God is debtor to no man. 2. That many who begin last, and promise little in religion, sometimes, by the…

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Matthew 20:11 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

λαβόντεςlabontesHaving receivedG2983
δὲdenowG1161
ἐγόγγυζονegonguzonthey were grumblingG1111
κατὰkataagainstG2596
τοῦtoutheG3588
οἰκοδεσπότουoikodespotoumaster of the houseG3617

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Cross references for Matthew 20:11

  • Luke 19:7

    And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:16

    Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  • Jude 1:16

    These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

  • Acts 11:2-3

    And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

  • Acts 22:21-22

    And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

  • Luke 15:28-30

    And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

  • Acts 13:45

    But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

  • Luke 15:2

    And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

  • Luke 5:30

    But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they murmured.
Lu 5:30; 15:2,28-30; 19:7; Ac 11:2,3; 13:45; 22:21,22; 1Th 2:16
Jude 1:16

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Context

  • Matthew 20:10

    But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

  • Matthew 20:11

    And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

  • Matthew 20:12

    Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

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Matthew 20:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tomándolo, murmuraban contra el padre de la familia,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ayant reçu, ils murmuraient contre le maître de maison,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Als sie aber den empfingen, murrten sie wider den Hausherrn
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et accipientes murmurabant adversus patremfamilias,