Albert Barnes Commentary Matthew 20:11

"And when they received it, they murmured against the householder," — Matthew 20:11 (ASV)

Murmured. Complained. Found fault with.

The good man of the house. The original here is the same word which, Matthew 20:1, is translated householder, and should have been so translated here. It is the old English way of denoting the father of a family. It expresses no moral quality.