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Matthew 18:31

New American Bible - revised edition

Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master and reported the whole affair.

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This is the story of the family of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flocks with his brothers; he was an assistant to the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and Joseph brought their father bad reports about them.

My eyes shed streams of tears because your law is not observed.

I view the faithless with loathing because they do not heed your promise.

Oh, that I had in the wilderness a travelers’ lodging! That I might leave my people and depart from them. They are all adulterers, a band of traitors.

The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests who were present, he ordered that it be given,

When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a much smaller amount. He seized him and started to choke him, demanding, ‘Pay back what you owe.’

But he refused. Instead, he had him put in prison until he paid back the debt.

His master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.

Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and his hand was restored.

The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

As he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

To my shame I say that we were too weak! But what anyone dares to boast of (I am speaking in foolishness) I also dare.

Obey your leaders and defer to them, for they keep watch over you and will have to give an account, that they may fulfill their task with joy and not with sorrow, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of yourselves, for you also are in the body.




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