Matthew 20:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 20:15

13 But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.

15 ^aIs it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or ^bis your eye evil because I am good?’

16 ^aSo the last will be first, and the first last. ^bFor many are called, but few chosen.”

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17 ^aNow Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them,

18 ^a“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death,

Verse Comparison: Matthew 20:15

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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?

Amplified® Bible
Am I not permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? [Or do you begrudge my being generous?] Is your eye evil because I am good?

Contemporary English Version
Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Why should you be jealous, if I want to be generous?"

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

Good News Bible
Don't I have the right to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?' "

International Standard Version
I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or is your eye evil because I am good?'

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?

New American Standard Bible
`Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?'

New International Version
Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

New King James Version
Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'Do you not consider it lawful for me to do what I wish with what belongs to me? Or does your eye envy because I have demonstrated generosity?'

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?

New English Translation
Am I not¹ permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’²

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