Matthew 20:15-16 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

¹⁵Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

¹⁶So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

— Matthew 20:15-16

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Illustration of Matthew 20:16 NLT

Illustration of Matthew 20:16 NLT -- "So the people that have the last place now will have the first place in the future. And the people that have the first place now will have the last place in the future."

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Illustration of Matthew 20:14-15 NLT

Illustration of Matthew 20:14-15 NLT -- "'So take your pay and go. I want to give the man that was hired last the same pay that I gave you. I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good {to those people}?'"

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