"Take {that} thine {is}, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee." — Matthew 20:14

Matthew 20:14 · KJV

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

— Matthew 20:14

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

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

Matthew 20 — Context

Saying, These last have wrought {but} one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. {have wrought...: or, have continued one hour only}

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

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

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

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

Cross References

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.

Luke 15:31

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}

Romans 3:4

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Ezekiel 29:18-20

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head {was} made bald, and every shoulder {was} peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

Matthew 6:2

Therefore when thou doest {thine} alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. {do not...: or, cause not a trumpet to be sounded}

Matthew 6:6

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 6:16

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.