Matthew 20:15

Easy To Read Version

I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good \{to those people\}?’

Cross References

Exodus 33:19

Then the Lord answered, “I will cause my perfect Goodness to go before you. I am the Lord and I will announce my name so that you can hear it. Why? Because I can show my kindness and love to any person I choose.

Proverbs 23:6

Don’t eat with a selfish person. And stay away from the special foods he likes.

Proverbs 28:22

A selfish person only wants to get rich. That person does not realize that he is very close to being poor.

Jeremiah 18:6

“Family of Israel, you know that I (God) can do the same thing with you. You are like the clay in the potter’s {\cf2\super [151]} hands. And I am like the potter!

Matthew 11:25

Then Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I praise you because you have hidden these things from the wise and smart people. But you have shown these things to people that are like little children.

Matthew 20:14

So take your pay and go. I want to give the man that was hired last the same pay that I gave you.

Matthew 6:23

If you look at people and want to help them, you will be full of light (goodness). But if you look at people in a selfish way, you will be full of darkness (evil). And if the only light you have is really darkness, then you have the worst kind of darkness. {\cf2\super [80]}

Mark 7:22

adultery, {\cf2\super [88]} greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, saying bad things about people, proud boasting, and foolish living.

John 17:2

You gave the Son power over all people so that the Son could give eternal life to all those people you have given to him.

Acts 13:45

The Jews saw all these people there. So the Jews became very jealous. They said some very bad things and argued against the words that Paul said.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who says that you are better than other people? Everything you have was given to you. So, if everything you have was given to you, then why do you boast like you got those things by your own power?

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen \{to be God’s people\}. God had already planned for us to be his people, because that is what God wanted. And God is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

Ephesians 2:1

In the past, your spiritual lives were dead because of your sins and the things you did wrong against God.

Ephesians 2:5

We were \{spiritually\} dead. We were dead because of the things we did wrong against God. But God gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God’s grace (kindness).

Deuteronomy 15:9

“Don’t ever refuse to help someone simply because the seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near. Don’t let an evil thought like that enter your mind. You must never have bad thoughts about a person that needs help. You must not refuse to help him. If you don’t help that poor person, then he will complain to the Lord against you. And the Lord will find you guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 28:54

“Even the most gentle and kind man among you will become cruel. He will be cruel to other people. He will be cruel to his wife that he loves so much. And he will be cruel to his children that are still alive.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth. He wanted us to be the most important of all the things he made.

James 5:9

Brothers, and sisters, don’t complain against each other. If you don’t stop complaining, you will be judged guilty. And the Judge is ready to come!