Matthew Chapter 20 verse 10 Holy Bible
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.
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Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.
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And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.
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But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
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When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
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`And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - They supposed that they should have received more. The text varies between πλεῖον (plus, Vulgate) and πλείονα, the former implying "a greater sum" than the stated hire, the latter hinting indefinitely at "more" things, more in number. Seeing the liberal payment given to the others, they expected some increase in the wages offered to themselves, or an additional remuneration of some kind.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more.--Up to this time we may think of the disciples as having listened with an eager interest, yet only half-perceiving, if at all, the drift of the parable, looking, it may be, for some payment to the first-called labourers proportionate to the duration of their service. Now, unless they were altogether blind, they must have seen their own thoughts reflected in the parable. They too, as their question showed, had been expecting to receive more. Eternal life was not enough for them, without some special prerogative and precedence over others. The fact that the first labourers were paid their wages gives a touch of gentleness to what would otherwise have seemed the severity of the parable. The presence of a self-righteous, self-seeking spirit mars the full blessedness of content; but if the work has been done, it does not deprive men altogether of their reward. The labourers who murmured are, in this respect, in the same position as the elder son in the parable of the Prodigal, who was told, in answer to his complaints, that all that his father had was his (Luke 15:31).