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Matthew 18:21-35
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The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave

21 Then Peter came up to him and[a] said,[b] “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven![c]

23 “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 And when[d] he began to settle them,[e] someone was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents. 25 And because[f] he did not have enough[g] to repay it,[h] the master ordered him to be sold, and his[i] wife and his[j] children and everything that he had, and to be repaid. 26 Then the slave threw himself to the ground and[k] began to do obeisance to him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!’ 27 So the master of that slave, because he[l] had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan. 28 But that slave went out and[m] found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke him,[n] saying, ‘Pay back everything that you owe!’ 29 Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground and[o] began to implore[p] him, saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will repay you!’ 30 But he did not want to, but rather he went and[q] threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed. 31 So when[r] his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were extremely distressed, and went and[s] reported to their master everything that had happened. 32 Then his master summoned him and[t] said to him, ‘Wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me! 33 Should you not also have shown mercy to your fellow slave as I also showed mercy to you?’ 34 And because he[u] was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers[v] until he would repay everything that was owed. 35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from your hearts!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:21 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 18:21 Some manuscripts have “Then Peter came up and said to him”
  3. Matthew 18:22 Or “seventy-seven times”
  4. Matthew 18:24 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“began”)
  5. Matthew 18:24 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  6. Matthew 18:25 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have”) which is understood as causal
  7. Matthew 18:25 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Matthew 18:25 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  9. Matthew 18:25 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  10. Matthew 18:25 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  11. Matthew 18:26 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“threw himself to the ground”) has been translated as a finite verb
  12. Matthew 18:27 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had compassion”) which is understood as causal
  13. Matthew 18:28 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  14. Matthew 18:28 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  15. Matthew 18:29 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“threw himself to the ground”) has been translated as a finite verb
  16. Matthew 18:29 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to implore”)
  17. Matthew 18:30 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
  18. Matthew 18:31 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  19. Matthew 18:31 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
  20. Matthew 18:32 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“summoned”) has been translated as a finite verb
  21. Matthew 18:34 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was angry”) which is understood as causal
  22. Matthew 18:34 Or “torturers”
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