Moved with compassion, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.
Matthew 18:32 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Then the master summoned the servant and said to him, ‘Yoʋ evil servant! I forgave yoʋ all that debt because yoʋ begged me to do so. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
Moved with compassion, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.
When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed and went and reported to their master all that had happened.
Should yoʋ not also have had mercy on yoʋr fellow servant, even as I had mercy on yoʋ?’
But his master answered him, ‘Yoʋ evil and lazy servant! Yoʋ knew, did yoʋ, that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed?
The king said to him, ‘I will condemn yoʋ by the words coming out of yoʋr own mouth, yoʋ evil servant. Yoʋ knew, did yoʋ, that I was a stern man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
For judgment is without mercy to anyone who has not shown mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.