"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

Matthew 20:15 · KJV

“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

Verse 14

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

Verse 16

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

Matthew 20 — Context

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.

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

Cross References

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. {thought: Heb. word} {wicked: Heb. Belial}

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

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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.

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.

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.