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?’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 20:15 in context
Matthew 20:12–18
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saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
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“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
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Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
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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?’
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So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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