Matthew 20:15

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 

Matthew 25:27

25:27 Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, ³  and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! ⁴ 

[20:15]  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.

[20:15]  ² tn Grk “Is your eye evil because I am good?”

[25:27]  ³ tn For the translation “deposited my money with the bankers,” see L&N 57.216.

[25:27]  ⁴ sn That is, “If you really feared me you should have done a minimum to get what I asked for.”