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Matthew 20:11

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

KJV

λαβόντες δὲ ἐγόγγυζον κατὰ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου

Greek NT

Et accipientes murmurabant adversus patremfamilias,

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γογγύζω
gogguzo
verb · 8×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
οἰκοδεσπότης
oikodespotes
noun · 12×
o
article · 19778×

Parable

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 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.
  • Isa 58:3 — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours
  • Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
  • 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.
  • Mark 14:5 — For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
  • Phil 2:14 — Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
  • Prov 7:19 — For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: