Matthew 20:11
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And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,

they murmured.

Luke 5:30 But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Luke 15:2,28-30 And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them. . . .

Luke 19:7 And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.

Acts 11:2,3 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, . . .

Acts 13:45 And the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were filled with envy and contradicted those things which were said by Paul, blaspheming.

Acts 22:21,22 And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off will I send thee. . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:16 Prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.

Jude 1:16 These are murmurers, full of complaints, walking according to their own desires: and their mouth speaketh proud things, admiring persons, for gain's sake.

Context
The Parable of the Workers
10But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: And they also received every man a penny. 11And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house, 12Saying: These last have worked but one hour. and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.…
Cross References
Matthew 20:10
But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: And they also received every man a penny.

Matthew 20:12
Saying: These last have worked but one hour. and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

Mark 14:5
For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

John 6:41
The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven.

John 6:61
But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them: Doth this scandalize you?

Lexicon
On receiving [their pay],
Λαβόντες (Labontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

they began to grumble
ἐγόγγυζον (egongyzon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1111: To whisper, murmur, grumble (generally of smoldering discontent). Of uncertain derivation; to grumble.

against
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

landowner.
οἰκοδεσπότου (oikodespotou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3617: A head of a household. From oikos and despotes; the head of a family.


Additional Translations
On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

And having received it, they were grumbling against the master of the house,

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

And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,

And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,

And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,

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

So when they had received it, they grumbled against the employer, saying,

When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

and having received it, they were murmuring against the householder, saying,
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