Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Is thine we evil because I am good? - The Hebrews used the word evil, when applied to the eye, to denote one envious and malicious, Deuteronomy 15:9; Proverbs 23:6. The eye is called evil in such cases, because envy and malice show themselves directly in the eye. No passions are so fully expressed by the eye as these. "Does envy show itself in the eye? is thine eye so soon turned to express envy and malice because I have chosen to do good?"
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Matthew 20:15:
Proverbs 23:6
Matthew 5:29
Matthew 15:15-20
Matthew 20:17-19
Matthew 20:29-34
2 Corinthians 12:4
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