Matthew 18:32 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then his master called him and said to him, You contemptible and wicked attendant! I forgave and cancelled all that [great] debt of yours because you begged me to.

American Standard Version (1901)

Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:

Common English Bible

His master called the first servant and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you appealed to me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then his lord called him, and he said to him: 'You wicked servant, I forgave you all your debt, because you pleaded with me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then his lord called him; and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:

Matthew 18:32 Cross References

Matthew 18:27

And out of pity for him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt.

Matthew 18:31

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place.

Matthew 18:33

Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’

Matthew 25:26

But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?

Luke 19:22

He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Romans 3:19

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

James 2:13

For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.