Matthew 20:15
Is it not allowed me to do, what I please, with my own? or is, thine eye, evil, because I good?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 thine own, and go thy way; but I please, unto this last, to give, as also to thee:
16Thus, shall be—The last first, and the first last.
Cross References
Exodus 33:19And he said,—I, will cause all my goodness to pass before thee. And will proclaim myself by the name Yahweh, before thee, And will show favour, unto whom I may show favour, And will have compassion on whom I may have compassion.
Deuteronomy 15:9Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, saying—Drawing nigh, is the seventh year the year of release, and so thine eye be evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him,—and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh, and it become in thee a sin!
1 Chronicles 28:4Howbeit Yahweh, God of Israel, made choice of me, out of all of the house of my father, to become king over Israel unto times age-abiding, for, of Judah, had he made choice to be chief ruler, and, in the house of Judah, the house of my father,—and, among the sons of my father, with me, was he well-pleased, to make me king over all Israel;
Proverbs 28:22A man, hasting to be rich, hath an evil eye, and knoweth not when want may overtake him.
Jonah 4:1And it was vexing unto Jonah, with a great vexation,—and it angered him.
Matthew 11:25In that season, answered Jesus, and said—I openly give praise unto thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,—in that thou hast hid these things from the wise and discerning, and hast revealed them unto 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 →