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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 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

    BBE

  • is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good?

    DBY

  • 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?'

    WEB

  • is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

    YLT

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

    ENG

  • Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? is thy eye evil because I am good?

    WBT

  • Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

    BSB

In context

13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

14Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

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

16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

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