Matthew 20:15 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good?

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁵ Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’

Matthew 20:15 Cross References

Exodus 33:19

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

Proverbs 23:6

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Proverbs 28:22

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Jeremiah 18:6

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Matthew 20:14

Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

Matthew 6:23

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Mark 7:22

thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

John 17:2

as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

Ephesians 1:11

in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Ephesians 2:1

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Deuteronomy 28:54

so that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

James 1:18

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

James 5:9

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.