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Matthew 20:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
Matthew 20:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 Is it not lawful for me to do as I will with mine own? Is thine eye [a]evil, because I am good?
16 (A) So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.
17 (B)[b]And Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
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- Matthew 20:15 Naught, that is, to say, dost thou envy at my goodness towards them? for the Hebrews by an evil eye, meant envy, because such dispositions appear chiefly in the eyes, as above in Matt. 6:23. It is set to answer the word, single, and is taken there for corrupt: for whereas he said there before, verse 22, If thine eye be single, he addeth in verse 23, but if thine eye be wicked, or corrupt, the word being the same in that place, as it is here.
- Matthew 20:17 Christ goeth to the cross necessarily, but yet willingly.
Matthew 20:15-17
New International Version
Matthew 20:15-17
New International Version
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)
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time(C)
17 Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them,
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