# Connecting Statement:

Jesus concludes his parable about a landowner who hires workers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])

# Do I not have the right to do as I want with what belongs to me?

The landowner uses a question to correct the workers who were complaining. AT: "I can do what I want with my own possessions." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Or are you envious because I am generous?

The landowner uses a question to rebuke the workers who were complaining. AT: "Do not be jealous when I am generous to other people." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])