Matthew 18:33

World English Bible (2000)

Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'

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  • Col 3:13 : 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
  • Matt 5:44-45 : 44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
  • Luke 6:35-36 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. 36 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
  • Eph 4:32-5:2 : 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. 1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

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  • Matt 18:21-32
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    21 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

    22 Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

    23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

    24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

    25 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

    26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'

    27 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

    28 "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'

    29 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'

    30 He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

    31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.

    32 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

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    34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

    35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

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    36 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"

    37 He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

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    22 "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.

    23 Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'

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    26 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

    27 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

  • Luke 6:36-37
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    36 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

    37 Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

  • 31 "As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

  • 13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

  • Luke 17:7-10
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    7 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

    8 and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?

    9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.

    10 Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

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    14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

    15 Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'

  • Luke 7:41-42
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    41 "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

    42 When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"

  • 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

  • 40 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

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    25 Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

    26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions."

  • Luke 17:3-4
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    3 Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

    4 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

  • Matt 6:14-15
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    14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    15 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • 30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

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    44 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'

    45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'

  • 33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

  • 5 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

  • 7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

  • 7 But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

  • 22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

  • 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.