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Matthew 20:14–17

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Matthew 20:14

14Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

Matthew 20:15

15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Matthew 20:16

16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Matthew 20:17

17¶ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

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DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 20:14

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

Take

To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

give

To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

last

At the end or after all others; latest or final. As a verb, to continue or endure.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 20:15

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

lawful

Agreeable to law; conformable to law; allowed by law; legal; legitimate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

own

Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

good

That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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Matthew 20:16

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

last

At the end or after all others; latest or final. As a verb, to continue or endure.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

first

Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

many

A great number; numerous persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

called

Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

few

Not many; small in number.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

chosen

Selected, preferred, or appointed from among others.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 20:17

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

said

Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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From verse 14

  1. John 17:2
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  2. Luke 15:31
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  3. 2 Kings 10:30–31
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  4. Ezekiel 29:18–20
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  5. Matthew 6:16
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From verse 15

  1. Romans 9:15–24
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  2. Deuteronomy 15:9
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  3. Matthew 6:23
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  4. Jonah 4:1–4
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  5. Mark 7:22
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From verse 16

  1. Matthew 19:30
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  2. Mark 10:31
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  3. Matthew 22:14
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  4. Luke 13:28–30
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  5. Luke 15:7
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From verse 17

  1. Mark 10:32–34
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  2. Luke 18:31–34
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  3. Acts 10:41
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  4. Genesis 18:17
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  5. John 12:12
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