Matthew 20:15
is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
Young's Literal Translation
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 which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;
16So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'
Cross References
Exodus 33:19and He saith, 'I cause all My goodness to pass before thy face, and have called concerning the Name of Jehovah before thee, and favoured him whom I favour, and loved him whom I love.'
Deuteronomy 15:9'Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart — worthless, saying, Near [is] the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
1 Chronicles 28:4'And Jehovah, God of Israel, doth fix on me out of all the house of my father to be for king over Israel to the age, for on Judah He hath fixed for a leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, on me, [me] He hath been pleased to make king over all Israel;
Proverbs 28:22Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
Jonah 4:1And it is grievous unto Jonah — a great evil — and he is displeased at it;
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst 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 →