And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder,
Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.
saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’
For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.” And they reproached her.
And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
And when they saw it they all murmured, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”
But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, “Do you take offense at this?
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and reviled him.
by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last!
These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.