Matthew 18:29
"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'
"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'
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21Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"
22Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.
24When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.}
25But 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.
26The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'
27The 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,{100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent.} and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
30He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
31So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.
32Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
33Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'
34His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.
35So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
5Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
41"A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
42When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
7But 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,'
8and 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'?
9Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.
13"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
14Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
59I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny.{Literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages.}"
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.
23Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'
24He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'
18But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
19"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
18His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."
29He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.
26Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.{Literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of anything.}
12Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
2When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
18But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.
7Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors{ 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels. } of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
27If you don't have means to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?
6and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."
4If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."
4Forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.'"
5He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
3"The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
14When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying,
13But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
49and begins to beat his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with the drunken,
46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
35On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
18They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'
19I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'
15"It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.