And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord’; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Matthew 20:15 - New Revised Standard Version Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good? |
And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord’; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
The miser is in a hurry to get rich and does not know that loss is sure to come.
Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you.
but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly.
since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; and blaspheming, they contradicted what was spoken by Paul.
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?
In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ —by grace you have been saved—
Be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought, thinking, “The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,” and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.
Even the most refined and gentle of men among you will begrudge food to his own brother, to the wife whom he embraces, and to the last of his remaining children,
In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors!