Matthew 20:15

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Summary

Matthew 20:15

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

It

Is thine

James 5:9

Because

Jonah 4:1

Acts 13:45

General references

Romans 11:35

Bible References

It

Then Jesus prayed: I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and have revealed them to children. (Acts 2:36)

Jehovah said: I will make all my goodness pass in front of you. I will call out my name, JEHOVAH. I will be kind to anyone I want to. I will be merciful to anyone I want to.

You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be his own special people out of all the nations of the earth.

Yet, from my entire family Jehovah God of Israel chose me to be king of Israel for as long as I live. He had chosen the tribe of Judah to lead Israel. From the families of Judah he chose my father's family. From among my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.

You have given him authority over all flesh that he may give everlasting life to the ones whom you have given him.

He says to Moses, I will show mercy to the one I choose to show mercy, and I will feel compassion for the one I choose to feel compassion.

Even so at this present time there is a remnant chosen according to God's grace.

For who made you superior to (different than) another? What do you have that you did not receive? If you did receive it, why do you brag, as if you did not receive it?

We were assigned as heirs predetermined according to his purpose. He works all things according to his direction and will.

You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins.

Using his own will, he gave us birth through the word of truth. This way we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Is thine

But if your eye is wicked, your body will be in darkness. If that light in you is really darkness, how great a darkness it must be.

When the seventh year, the year when payments on debts are canceled, is near, you might be stingy toward poor Israelites and give them nothing. Be careful not to think these worthless thoughts. The poor will complain to Jehovah about you, and you will be condemned for your sin.

The kindest and most sensitive man among you will become stingy toward his brother, the wife he loves, and the children he still has left.

Do not eat the bread of a selfish man nor desire his delicacies.

He who hurries to be rich has an evil eye. He does not think poverty will come to him.

coveting, wickedness, deceit, loose conduct, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

Do not complain (utter a deep sigh) against one another, that you not be judged. Behold, the judge is standing at the door.

Because

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly. He was angry!

When the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with envy. They spoke against those things Paul spoke. They contradicted and blasphemed him.

General references

Jehovah said to Cain: Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

This way God has taken sheep and goats from your father and given them to me.

Take possession of the land and live there. I will give it to you for your own.

Nation of Israel, can I do with you as this potter does with clay? Nation of Israel, You are in my hands like the clay in the potter's hands.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly. He was angry!

The father answered, My son, you are always here. And everything I have is yours!

Or who has first given to him, that it shall be repaid to him again? (Job 41:11)