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?
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
So the last shall be first, and the first last,.... As he had asserted in Mat 19:30 and which is clearly illustrated by this parable, as it may be applied to Jews or Gentiles, or to nominal and real…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Is thine we evil because I am good? - The Hebrews used the word evil, when applied to the eye, to denote one envious and malicious, Deu 15:9; Pro 23:6. The eye is called evil in such cases, because…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Is thine eye evil The belief in the evil eye still prevails in the East. The envious or malevolent glance is thought to have an injurious effect. Here the sense is: Art thou envious because I am just?
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