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Matthew 18:32

ForgivenessMercy and compassion

30 But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

31 When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

34 In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
KJV
Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
WEB
Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
ASV
Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:
DARBY
Then his lord, having called him to [him], says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;
BLB
Then, having summoned him, his master says to him, ‘Evil servant! I forgave you all that debt because you called on me.
ÅB
Da kalte hans herre ham til seg og sa til ham: ‘Du onde tjener! Jeg ettergav all din gjeld fordi du ba meg om det;
OTB
Da kalte herren tjeneren inn. 'Du onde tjener,' sa han, 'jeg etterga all din gjeld fordi du ba meg.
B1930
Da kalte hans herre ham for sig og sa til ham: Du onde tjener! all din gjeld eftergav jeg dig, fordi du bad mig;

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Cross references

  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

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  • Luke 19:22

    His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

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  • Matthew 25:26

    ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.

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