Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
In Context
14Take what is thine, and go. But I will give to this last, even as to thee.
16So will the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few are chosen.
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said: I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and reveal them to babes;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17
The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →