Matthew 20:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) 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?’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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? American Standard Version (1901) Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good? Common English Bible Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you resentful because I’m generous?’ Catholic Public Domain Version And is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good? |
About that time Jesus said [in prayer], “I thank you, O, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things [i.e., the significance of Jesus’ words and works] from those who [thought they] were wise and intelligent and have [instead] revealed them to people who are child-like.
Take what belongs to you and go on your way. I want to give this last person [hired] the same wages I gave you.
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].
greedy desires, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained indecency, envy, slander, arrogance and foolishness.
Just as you gave Him authority over all mankind, He will give never ending life to all those people [Note: The Greek word here is neuter gender, “all those things”] you have given Him.
But when the Jews saw the large crowds [gathered to hear the Gospel] they became very jealous and took sharp issue with the things Paul said, and [even] spoke against them.
For who makes you different [from each other]? [i.e., with some being viewed as superior and others inferior] And what do you have that you did not receive [from God]? But if you received it [from Him], then why do you boast as though you did not [receive it as a gift]?
It is in [fellowship with] Christ that we [Jewish Christians] also were selected as [God’s] inheritance [i.e., to receive His never ending blessings], having been predetermined according to the plan of God, who works out everything in harmony with what He wants.
And you [Gentiles] were once [spiritually] dead because of your shortcomings and sins.
restored [spiritual] life to us with Christ, even though we were [spiritually] dead because of our sins --- it is by God’s unearned favor that you have been saved.
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].
Do not complain against one another, brothers, so that you will not [have to] be judged [and condemned for it]. Look, the Judge [i.e., Christ] is standing at the door! [See verse 8].