Matthew 20:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Matthew 20:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …
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.
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. …
Mark 7:22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

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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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?--that is, “You appeal to justice, and by that your mouth is shut; for the sum you agreed for is paid you. Your case being disposed of, with the terms I make with other laborers you have nothing to do; and to grudge the benevolence shown to others, when by your own admission you have been honorably de…