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Verse	Translation	Text
Mt 20:10	King James	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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more--This is that calculating, mercenary spirit which had peeped out--though perhaps very slightly--in Peter's question (Mat 19:27), and which this parable was designed once for all to put down among the servants of Christ.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more--This is that calculating, mercenary spirit which had peeped out--though perhaps very slightly--in Peter's question (Mat 19:27), and which this parable was designed once for all to put down among the servants of Christ.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
They supposed that they should have received more - They had worked longer - they had been in the heat; they supposed that it was his intention to pay them, not according to contract, but according to the time of the labor.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

They supposed that they should have received more - They had worked longer - they had been in the heat; they supposed that it was his intention to pay them, not according to contract, but according to the time of the labor.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Every man a penny (τὸ ἀνὰ δηνάριον) Lit., the sum amounting in each case to a penny; or a penny apiece. Ἀνά is distributive. Wyc., each one by himself a penny.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Every man a penny (τὸ ἀνὰ δηνάριον)

Lit., the sum amounting in each case to a penny; or a penny apiece. Ἀνά is distributive. Wyc., each one by himself a penny.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The first supposed they should have received more - Probably the first here may mean the Jews, who supposed they should always be preferred before the Gentiles.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

The first supposed they should have received more - Probably the first here may mean the Jews, who supposed they should always be preferred before the Gentiles.

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