15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
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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. …
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.
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!
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. …
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)This parable of the labourers in the vineyard is intended, I. To represent to us the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 20:1), that is, the way and method of the gospel dispensation. The laws of that kingdom are not wrapt up in parables, but plainly set down, as in the sermon upon the mount; but the mysteries of that kingdom are delivered in parables, in sacraments, as here and Matt. 13:1-58 The duties of C…
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