Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?
Bible (Bishops')
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 that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee.
16So the last, shalbe the first, & the first [shalbe] last: For many be called, but fewe [be] chosen.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:22He that wyll be riche all to soone, hath an euyll eye: and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym.
Jonah 4:1And this displeased Ionas greatly, and he was angrye [within him selfe.]
Matthew 11:25At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde: I thanke thee O father, Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto 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 →