Matthew 20:15

The Passion Translation

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Why should my generosity make you jealous of them?’

Cross References

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, wickedness, treachery, debauchery, jealousy, slander, arrogance, and recklessness.

Matthew 6:23

But if your eyes are focused on money, the light cannot penetrate and darkness takes its place. How profound will be the darkness within you if the light of truth cannot enter!

John 17:2

You have already given me authority over all people so that I may give the gift of eternal life to all those that you have given to me.

Ephesians 2:1

And his fullness fills you, even though you were once like corpses, dead in your sins and offenses.

Ephesians 1:11

Through our union with Christ we too have been claimed by God as his own inheritance. Before we were even born, he gave us our destiny; that we would fulfill the plan of God who always accomplishes every purpose and plan in his heart.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For what makes a distinction between you and someone else? And what do you have that grace has not given you? And if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as though there is something special about you?

Acts 13:45

When the Jewish leaders saw the size of the crowds, vicious jealousy filled their hearts and they rose up to oppose what Paul was teaching. They insulted him and argued with him over everything he said.

Matthew 11:25

Then Jesus exclaimed, “Father, thank you, for you are Lord, the Supreme Ruler over heaven and earth! And you have hidden the great revelation of your authority from those who are proud and think they are wise and unveiled it instead to little children.

Proverbs 28:22

A greedy man is in a race to get rich, but he forgets that he could lose what’s most important and end up with nothing.

Proverbs 23:6

Be sensible when you dine with a stingy man and don’t eat more than you should.

James 5:9

Since each of you are part of God’s family never complain or grumble about each other so that judgment will not come on you, for the true Judge is near and very ready to appear!

James 1:18

God was delighted to give us birth by the truth of his infallible Word so that we would fulfill his chosen destiny for us and become the favorite ones out of all his creation!

Ephesians 2:5

Even when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, he united us into the very life of Christ and saved us by his wonderful grace!

Jeremiah 18:6

“Can I not do with the people of Israel just as the potter has done with the clay?” declares Yahweh. “Listen, people of Israel. You are clay that I shape in my hands like the clay in the potter’s hands.

Matthew 20:14

If I want to give those who only worked for an hour equal pay, what does that matter to you?