10 And when[a] the first came, they thought that they would receive more, and they also received a denarius apiece. 11 And when they[b] received it,[c] they began to complain[d] against the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last people worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 20:10 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 20:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“received”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Matthew 20:11 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Matthew 20:11 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to complain”)