The Parable of the Workers
Matthew 20:15
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- KJV
- Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- WEB
- 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?’
- ASV
- Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- LSV
- is it not lawful to me to do what I will in my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?
- YLT
- is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
- DBY
- is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good?
- DRC
- Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good?
- GNV
- Is it not lawfull for me to do as I will with mine owne? Is thine eye euil, because I am good?
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἢ (“Or”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἢ (“Or”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Εἰ (“if”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ποιῆσαι elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: οὐκ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, the Greek text behind the NIV read οὐκ; Robinson–Pierpont, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἢ οὐκ.
- SBLGNT: ὃ θέλω ποιῆσαι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὃ θέλω ποιῆσαι; Robinson–Pierpont read ποιῆσαι ὃ θέλω.
- SBLGNT: ἢ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἢ; Robinson–Pierpont read Εἰ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οὐκ ἔξεστίν μοι ὃ θέλω ποιῆσαι ἐν τοῖς ἐμοῖς; ἢ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι;
- RP2018
- Ἢ οὐκ ἔξεστίν μοι ποιῆσαι ὃ θέλω ἐν τοῖς ἐμοῖς; Εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι;
- TR-Boyd
- Ἢ οὐκ ἔξεστί μοι ποιῆσαι ὃ θέλω ἐν τοῖς ἐμοῖς; Εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι;Εἰ ¦ Ἢ ELZ
- SCR1894
- η ουκ εξεστιν μοι ποιησαι ο θελω εν τοις εμοις ει ο οφθαλμος σου πονηρος εστιν οτι εγω αγαθος ειμι
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Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 9:15–24For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. For the Scripture says to…
- Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD…
- Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
- Matthew 6:23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Jonah 4:1–4Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry. So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I…
- John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
- Exodus 33:19“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Deuteronomy 7:6–8For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His affection on you and…
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
- Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- 1 Chronicles 28:4–5Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons…
- Proverbs 28:22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
- Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
- 1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
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