Matthew 20:15&16 "15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen." God defends His actions with two key points: First: "Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?" He asserts his absolute right to dispose of his own resources as he sees fit. Call it Sovereign Freedom. Second: "Or are you envious because I am generous?" (literally, "Is your eye evil because I am good?"). He identifies the root of the workers' complaint not as a demand for justice, but as jealousy ("evil eye") over his goodness to others. Envy is something we are all susceptible to. Verse 16 provides the parable's summary: "So the last will be first, and the first will be last." This reinforces the theme that God's kingdom operates on principles of grace, not human merit. Those considered ...