Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Matthew 20:15 in other translations
| BSB | Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ |
|---|---|
| WEB | Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’ |
| ASV | Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good? |
| YLT | is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good? |
| DARBY | is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good? |
| BBE | Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good? |
| Webster | Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? is thy eye evil because I am good? |
What does Matthew 20:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
(f) "Is it not" Rom 9:15-24, Jas 1:18 (g) "Is thine eye" Mt 19:30
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 20:1-16
The direct object of this parable seems to be, to show that though the Jews were first called into the vineyard, at length the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles, and they should be admitted to equal privileges and advantages with the Jews. The parable may also be applied more generally, and shows, 1. That God is debtor to no man. 2. That many who begin last, and promise little in religion, sometimes, by the…
Matthew 20:15 in the original Greek
Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Matthew 20:15
- Romans 9:15-24
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. …
- Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
- Mark 7:22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- Exodus 33:19
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
- 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 that darkness!
- Jonah 4:1-4
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
- John 17:2
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
- Deuteronomy 7:6-8
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Romans 11:5-6
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
- Ephesians 1:11
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
- Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Ephesians 2:1
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Matthew 20:14
Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
- Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Matthew 20:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿No me es lícito á mí hacer lo que quiero con lo mío? ó ¿es malo tu ojo, porque yo soy bueno? |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ne m’est-il pas permis de faire ce que je veux de ce qui est mien? Ton œil est-il méchant, parce que moi, je suis bon? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ist es mir nicht erlaubt, mit dem Meinigen zu tun, was ich will? Blickt dein Auge böse, weil ich gütig bin? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Aut non licet mihi quod volo, facere? an oculus tuus nequam est, quia ego bonus sum? |