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Matthew 20:11

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Matthew 20:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,
Matthew 20:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Matthew 20

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
9And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a shilling.
10And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.
11And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,
12saying, These last have spent [but] one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.
13But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a shilling?
14Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And when they had received it, etc.] The external privileges of the Gospel dispensation, an inheritance among them that are sanctified, and a right unto it, on the foot of free grace, they murmured against the good man of the house; who had been so kind and liberal, to those who came last into the vineyard, and had done no injury to them, but gave them a full reward. So the Jews that first believed in Christ, were at first uneasy at the Gospel being preached to the Gentiles, at the calling of them, and their partaking of the same privileges in a Gospel church state with them, without submitting to the ceremonies of the law, as they had done; just as the Pharisees, in Christ’s time, murmured…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house--rather, "the householder," the word being the same as in Mat 20:1.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Murmured - 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. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“they murmured: Luk 5:30, Luk 15:2, Luk 15:28-30, Luk 19:7; Act 11:2, Act 11:3, Act 13:45, Act 22:21, Act 22:22; Th1 2:16; Jde 1:16 Matthew 20:12”
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