14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. 15 (A)Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or (B)is your eye evil because I am good?’ 16 (C)So the last will be first, and the first last. (D)For[a] many are called, but few chosen.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 20:16 NU omits the rest of v. 16.

14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(A)

16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”(B)

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