Matthew 20:15

Am I not ¹  permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ ² 

Ex 33:19; De 7:6-8; De 15:9; De 28:54; 1Ch 28:4,5; Pr 23:6; Pr 28:22; Jer 27:5-7; Jon 4:1-4; Mt 6:23; Mt 11:25; Mr 7:22; Joh 17:2; Ac 13:45; Ro 9:15-24; Ro 11:5,6; 1Co 4:7; Eph 1:11; Eph 2:1,5; Jas 1:18; Jas 5:9

¹ tc ‡ Before οὐκ (ouk, “[am I] not”) a number of significant witnesses read ἤ (h, “or”; e.g., א C W 085 Ë^1,13 33 and most others). Although in later Greek the οι in σοι (oi in soi) – the last word of v. 14 – would have been pronounced like ἤ, since ἤ is lacking in early mss (B D; among later witnesses, note L Z Θ 700) and since mss were probably copied predominantly by sight rather than by sound, even into the later centuries, the omission of ἤ cannot be accounted for as easily. Thus the shorter reading is most likely original. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

² tn Grk “Is your eye evil because I am good?”