Matthew 20:15

Contemporary English Version 1995

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?”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful! Don't say to yourself, “Soon it will be the seventh year, and then I won't be able to get my money back.” It would be horrible for you to think that way and to be so selfish that you refuse to help the poor. They are your relatives, and if you don't help them, they may ask the Lord to decide whether you have done wrong. And he will say that you are guilty.

Mark 7:22

unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness.

Matthew 6:23

But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark. If the light inside you is dark, you surely are in the dark.

John 17:2

And you gave him power over all people, so he would give eternal life to everyone you give him.

Ephesians 2:1

In the past you were dead because you sinned and fought against God.

Ephesians 1:11

God always does what he plans, and this is why he appointed Christ to choose us.

1 Corinthians 4:7

What is so special about you? What do you have that you were not given? And if it was given to you, how can you brag?

Acts 13:45

When the Jewish people saw the crowds, they were very jealous. They insulted Paul and spoke against everything he said.

Matthew 11:25

At that moment Jesus said: My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people.

Proverbs 28:22

Don't be selfish and eager to get rich— you will end up worse off than you can imagine.

Proverbs 23:6

Don't accept an invitation to eat a selfish person's food, no matter how good it is.

Deuteronomy 28:54

Because of hunger, a man who had been gentle and kind will eat his own children and refuse to share the meal with his brother or wife or with his other children.

Exodus 33:19

The Lord answered: All right. I am the Lord, and I show mercy and kindness to anyone I choose. I will let you see my glory and hear my holy name,

James 5:9

Don't grumble about each other or you will be judged, and the judge is right outside the door.

James 1:18

He wanted us to be his own special people, and so he sent the true message to give us new birth.

Jeremiah 18:6

People of Israel, I, the Lord, have power over you, just as a potter has power over clay.

Matthew 20:14

Take your money now and go! What business is it of yours if I want to pay them the same that I paid you?