Matthew 18:32

Good News Translation (US Version)

So he called the servant in. ‘You worthless slave!’ he said. ‘I forgave you the whole amount you owed me, just because you asked me to.

Cross References

Romans 3:19

Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.

Luke 19:22

He said to him, ‘You bad servant! I will use your own words to condemn you! You know that I am a hard man, taking what is not mine and reaping what I have not planted.

Matthew 25:26

‘You bad and lazy servant!’ his master said. ‘You knew, did you, that I reap harvests where I did not plant, and gather crops where I did not scatter seed?

Matthew 18:27

The king felt sorry for him, so he forgave him the debt and let him go.

Matthew 18:31

When the other servants saw what had happened, they were very upset and went to the king and told him everything.

Matthew 18:33

You should have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you.’

James 2:13

For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.