Verse 15
Matthew 20:15
World English Bible, British Edition
15
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?’
Original Language Text
greek
⸀οὐκ ἔξεστίν μοι ⸂ὃ θέλω ποιῆσαι⸃ ἐν τοῖς ἐμοῖς; ⸀ἢ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι;
English Translation
Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own? Or is your eye evil because I am good?
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Chapter 20 Context
1
“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in
th...
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2
When he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius
a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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3
He went out about the third hour,
and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
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4
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they wen...
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5
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,
and did likewise.
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6
About the eleventh hour
he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you sta...
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7
“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’
“He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,...
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8
“When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the labourers and pay
th...
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9
“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
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10
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a
d...
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11
When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
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12
saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burde...
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13
“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denar...
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14
Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to
y...
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15
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?...
16
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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17
As Yashua (Jesus) was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples
aside, and on the way he s...
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18
“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and...
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19
and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he wil...
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20
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her
sons, kneeling and asking a certain thin...
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21
He said to her,
“What do you want?”
She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one...
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22
But Yashua (Jesus) answered,
“You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that...
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23
He said to them,
“You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised...
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24
When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
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25
But Yashua (Jesus) summoned them, and said,
“You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over th...
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26
It shall not be so amongst you; but whoever desires to become great amongst you shall be
your servan...
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27
Whoever desires to be first amongst you shall be your bondservant,
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28
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for man...
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29
As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
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30
Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Yashua (Jesus)
was passing by, cried...
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31
The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet,
but they cried out even more, “L...
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32
Yashua (Jesus) stood still and called them, and asked,
“What do you want me to do for you?”
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33
They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”
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34
Yashua (Jesus), being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and
immediately their eyes received...
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