Matthew 20:15

New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

Is it not

מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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for me to do what I will with

אֲנִי

ʼănîy

H589

I

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own Is thine

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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I am

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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Key Terms in This Verse

lawful H4941

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...

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eye H5869

עַיִן ʻayin

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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mine H589

אֲנִי ʼănîy

I

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good H2896

טוֹב ṭôwb

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...

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because H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:9 cross-reference

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cr...

Mark 7:22 cross-reference

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

Matthew 6:23 cross-reference

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

John 17:2 cross-reference

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

1 Corinthians 4:7 cross-reference

For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

Exodus 33:19 cross-reference

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will she...

Ephesians 2:1 cross-reference

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Ephesians 1:11 cross-reference

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Proverbs 23:6 cross-reference

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Proverbs 28:22 cross-reference

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Matthew 11:25 cross-reference

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Acts 13:45 cross-reference

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

Deuteronomy 28:54 cross-reference

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

James 5:9 cross-reference

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

James 1:18 cross-reference

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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