KJV 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?
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Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
WEB World English Bible
Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
ASV American Standard Version
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
Surrounding context — Matthew 20
12 Saying, These last have wrought [but] one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14 Take [that] thine [is], and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οὐκG3756 · ounoἔξεστίνG1832 · exesti, exonbe permittedμοιG3165 · memeὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichθέλωG2309 · thelōto will/desireποιῆσαιG4160 · poieōto do/make: doἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐμοῖς;G1473 · egōI/weἢG2228 · ēorὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀφθαλμόςG3788 · ophthalmoseyeσουG4771 · suyouπονηρόςG4190 · ponērosevil/badἐστινG1510 · eimito beὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weἀγαθόςG18 · agathosgoodεἰμι;G1510 · eimito be
Cross-references
Romans 9:15-24For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Matthew 6:23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness!Jonah 4:1-4But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:Deuteronomy 7:6-8For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.Exodus 33:19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.Ephesians 2:1And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;1 Corinthians 4:7For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?Romans 11:5-6Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.Ephesians 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:Proverbs 23:6Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.Proverbs 28:22He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.1 Chronicles 28:4-5Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:Deuteronomy 28:54[So that] the man [that is] tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
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