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Matthew 20:15

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20:15Am I not18 permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’19

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Footnotes

  1. 18 Before οὐκ (ouk, “[am I] not”) a number of significant witnesses read ἤ (ē, “or”; e.g., א C W 085 f1, 13 33 and most others). Although in later Greek the οι in σοι (oi in soi)—the last word of v. 14—would have been pronounced like ἤ, since ἤ is lacking in early (B D; among later witnesses, note L Z Θ 700) and since were probably copied predominantly by sight rather than by sound, even into the later centuries, the omission of ἤ cannot be accounted for as easily. Thus the shorter reading is most likely original. includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.
  2. 19 Grk “Is your eye evil because I am good?”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’

NLTNew Living Translation

Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Is it not permitted for me to do whatever I want with what is mine? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?’

KJV 1900King James Version

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