Matthew 20:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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?

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?

Matthew 20:15 Cross References

Exodus 33:19

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and I 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 dainties:

Proverbs 28:22

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want 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 in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Matthew 11:25

At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:

Matthew 20:14

Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to 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 the darkness!

Mark 7:22

covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:

John 17:2

even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that whatsoever thou hast given him, to them he should give eternal life.

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

1 Corinthians 4:7

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

Ephesians 1:11

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

Ephesians 2:1

And you did he quicken, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead through our trespasses, quickened us together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

Deuteronomy 15:9

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

Deuteronomy 28:54

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 hath remaining:

James 1:18

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

James 5:9

Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.