Matthew 20:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)15 Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my own money? Or, is it that your eye is envious because I choose to be so generous?’ Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176915 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition15 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? Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good? Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you resentful because I’m generous?’ Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version15 And is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?' Ver Capítulo |
But if your eye sees things wrongly, [then] your whole body [i.e., your entire life] will be full of darkness [i.e., will not be lived properly]. If therefore, the light you have is [really] darkness [i.e., if you are not seeing life properly], that darkness will be very great [i.e., you cannot possibly live properly].
It was God’s purpose to bring us into being [spiritually] by the message of truth, so that we could become a kind of “first fruits” of those He created. [Note: “First fruits” here suggests either that Christians are the best of all of God’s creatures (Num. 18:12), or that they were the first to be converted, with many more to come].