Matthew 20:15 KJV — MannaFest

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?

KJV

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ASV

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

WEB

Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

YLT

is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

DBT

is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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45 verses on the floor

Jeremiah 18:6
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Luke 23:43
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Romans 9:15–24
For 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 15:9
Beware 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.
Jonah 4:4
Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?

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Abstulit, sed et dedit--He hath taken away; but he originally gave. It is not for such depending creatures as we are to quarrel with our Sovereign. Secondly, In all the dispensations of his grace, God gives or withholds the means of grace, and the Spirit of grace, as he pleases.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?--that is, "You appeal to justice, and by that your mouth is shut; for the sum you agreed for is paid you.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

But can it be inferred from hence, that it is lawful, or possible, for the merciful Father of spirits to "Consign an unborn soul to hell? Or damn him from his mother's womb?" Is thine eye evil because I am good - Art thou envious, because I am gracious? Here is an evident reference to that malignant aspect, which is generally the attendant of a selfish and envious temper.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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