Berean Standard Bible
“Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’”
In the parable of the workers in the vineyard, the landowner hires laborers at different hours of the day and pays them all the same wage. Those who worked longest complain.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
World English Bible (WEB)
Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
King James Version (KJV)
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
American Standard Version (ASV)
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? Is your eye evil because I am good?
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
¿No me es lícito á mí hacer lo que quiero con lo mío? ó ¿es malo tu ojo, porque yo soy bueno?
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Pues tómalo y vete. Y porque quiero pagarle a todos los trabajadores lo mismo, ¡no me vengas ahora con que es injusto que yo haga con mi dinero lo que me plazca! Por tanto, no tienes razón para enojarte”.
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