The Bible › World English Bible › Matthew 20
Matthew 20:11
When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
Matthew 20:11 · World English Bible
← PreviousRead Matthew 20Next →
Matthew 20:11 in other translations
And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
Every translation above is public domain and free to share. Other versions — NIV · ESV · NKJV · NLT · NASB · CSB · AMP — are copyrighted and open on their publishers’ partner site.
In context
8 “When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
9 “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
12 saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
Read Matthew 20 in the app The whole chapter