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Source language
Original Greek   
⸀οὐκ ἔξεστίν μοι ⸂ὃ θέλω ποιῆσαι⸃ ἐν τοῖς ἐμοῖς; ⸀ἢ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι;
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
rouk exestin moi [?]o thelo poiesai[?] en tois emois; re o ophthalmos sou poneros estin oti ego agathos eimi;

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
aut non licet mihi quod volo facere an oculus tuus nequam est quia ego bonus sum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
New King James Version   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
21st Century King James Version   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?’

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Or is it illegal for me to do whatever I want to do with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?'
Darby Bible Translation   
is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
God's Word   
Can't I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?'
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Don't I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I'm generous?'
International Standard Version   
I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I'm generous?'
NET Bible   
Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
New American Standard Bible   
'Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?'
New International Version   
Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
New Living Translation   
Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?'
Webster's Bible Translation   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? is thy eye evil because I am good?
Weymouth New Testament   
Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own property? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
The World English Bible   
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?'
EasyEnglish Bible   
It is my money. I can choose what to do with it. I want to be kind to people and give them more than we agreed. Does that make you upset?” ’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
New Life Version   
Do I not have the right to do what I want to do with my own money? Does your eye make you want more because I am good?’
Revised Geneva Translation   
‘Is it not lawful for me to do as I will with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?’
The Voice Bible   
Do you think I don’t have the right to dispose of my money as I wish? Or does my generosity somehow prick at you?
Living Bible   
is it against the law to give away my money if I want to? Should you be angry because I am kind?’
New Catholic Bible   
Am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Legacy Standard Bible   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?
Christian Standard Bible   
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Am I not permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? [Or do you begrudge my being generous?] Is your eye evil because I am good?
New Century Version   
I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good to those people?’
The Message   
“He replied to the one speaking for the rest, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair. We agreed on the wage of a dollar, didn’t we? So take it and go. I decided to give to the one who came last the same as you. Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Are you going to get stingy because I am generous?’
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or · are you envious because I am generous?’
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
New Matthew Bible   
Is it not lawful for me to do as I please with what belongs to me? Is your eye evil because I am good?
Good News Translation®   
Don't I have the right to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?’”
Wycliffe Bible   
Whether it is not leaveful to me to do that that I will? Whether thine eye is wicked, for I am good?
New Testament for Everyone   
Or are you suggesting that I’m not allowed to do what I like with my own money? Or are you giving me the evil eye because I’m good?’
Contemporary English Version   
Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Why should you be jealous, if I want to be generous?”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“But he replied to one of them, ‘My friend, I’m not being unjust to you. Wasn’t our agreement for a silver coin a day? Take your money and go home. It is my wish to give the latecomers as much as I give you. May I not do what I like with what belongs to me? Must you be jealous because I am generous?’
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?”
Common English Bible © 2011   
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you resentful because I’m generous?’
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Am I not lawfully permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
[Or] am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?’
New American Standard Bible   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
The Expanded Bible   
·I can [L Don’t I have the right to…?] do what I want with ·my own money [L what is mine]. Are you jealous because I am ·good to those people [generous; L good]?’
Tree of Life Version   
Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
Revised Standard Version   
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
New International Reader's Version   
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Do you feel cheated because I gave so freely to the others?’
BRG Bible   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Complete Jewish Bible   
Haven’t I the right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
It is my own money. Can I not do with it as I like? Do you think it is a wrong thing for me to be kind?"
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?”
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Or is it not allowable for me to do what I wish with the things that are mine? Or do you look with a jealous ayin horo upon my goodness?
Names of God Bible   
Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?’
Modern English Version   
Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
Easy-to-Read Version   
I can do what I want with my own money. Why would you be jealous because I am generous?’
International Children’s Bible   
I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good to those people?’
Lexham English Bible   
Is it not permitted for me to do whatever I want with what is mine? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?’
New International Version - UK   
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?”
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Or is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’