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George Lamsa Translation

Matthew 18:30

But he was not willing; and he went and had him put into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Charitableness;   Creditor;   Debtor;   Forgiveness;   Imprisonment;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Kingdom of Heaven;   Malice;   Scofield Reference Index - Parables;   Thompson Chain Reference - Pitiless;   Pitilessness;   Sympathy-Pitilessness;   Unkindness;   The Topic Concordance - Forgiveness;   Kingdom of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Creditors;   Forgiveness of Injuries;   Parables;   Prisons;   Servants;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Punishments;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Forgiveness;   Grace;   Lending;   Mercy;   Patience;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Christ, Christology;   Discipline;   Follow, Follower;   Forgiveness;   Gospel;   Guilt;   Wages;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dungeon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Brotherly Love;   Ethics;   Forgiveness;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Parables;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Forgiveness;   Parable;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Character;   Debt, Debtor;   Debt, Debtor (2);   Discourse;   Doctrines;   Guilt (2);   Judgment;   Justice (2);   Kindness (2);   Loans;   Lord's Prayer (Ii);   Love (2);   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Money (2);   Paradox;   Prayer (2);   Punishment (2);   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Steward, Stewardship;   Sympathy;   Vengeance (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 36 Ought Must;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Forgiveness;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Justification;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Debt;   Forgiveness;   Intercession;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Mercy;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 27;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But he wasn’t willing. Instead, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.
King James Version (1611)
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till hee should pay the debt.
King James Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
English Standard Version
He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.
New American Standard Bible
"But he was unwilling, and went and threw him in prison until he would pay back what was owed.
New Century Version
"But the first servant refused to be patient. He threw the other servant into prison until he could pay everything he owed.
Amplified Bible
"But he was unwilling and he went and had him thrown in prison until he paid back the debt.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the dette.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.
Legacy Standard Bible
But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.
Berean Standard Bible
But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.
Contemporary English Version
But the first official refused to have pity. Instead, he went and had the other official put in jail until he could pay what he owed.
Complete Jewish Bible
But he refused; instead, he had him thrown in jail until he should repay the debt.
Darby Translation
But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.
Easy-to-Read Version
"But the first servant refused to be patient. He told the judge that the other servant owed him money, and that servant was put in jail until he could pay everything he owed.
Good News Translation
But he refused; instead, he had him thrown into jail until he should pay the debt.
Lexham English Bible
But he did not want to, but rather he went and threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed.
Literal Translation
But he would not, but having gone away he threw him into prison until he should pay back the amount owing.
American Standard Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.
Bible in Basic English
And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.
Hebrew Names Version
He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
International Standard Version
But he refused and went and had him thrown into prison until he could repay the debt.
Etheridge Translation
But he would not, but went and threw him into the house of the chained until he should have rendered him what he owed him.
Murdock Translation
But he would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he woulde not: but went, and cast hym into prison, tyll he shoulde pay the debt.
English Revised Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.
World English Bible
He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Weymouth's New Testament
"He would not, however, but went and threw him into prison until he should pay what was due.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But he wolde not; but wente out, and putte hym in to prisoun, til he paiede al the dette.
Update Bible Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay that which was due.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
New English Translation
But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.
New King James Version
And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.
New Living Translation
But his creditor wouldn't wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full.
New Life Bible
But he would not. He had him put in prison until he could pay the money.
New Revised Standard
But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he would pay the debt.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He, however, would not, but went away and cast him into prison, - until he should pay what was owing.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the debt.
Revised Standard Version
He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he wolde not but went and cast him into preson tyll he shulde paye the det.
Young's Literal Translation
and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles, he wolde not, but wente and cast him in to preson, tyll he shulde paye the dett.
Mace New Testament (1729)
which he would not allow: but immediately threw him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"But the cowboy would have none of it. He went and took the only horse the man had and sold it for a hundred dollars.

Contextual Overview

21 Then Peter came up and said to him, My Lord, if my brother is at fault with me, how many times should I forgive him? up to seven times? 22 Jesus said to him, I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who wanted to take an accounting from his servants. 24 And when he began to take the accounting, they brought to him one who owed ten thousand talents. 25 And as he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, together with his wife and children, and all that he had, so that he could pay. 26 The servant then fell down, worshipped him, and said, My lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything. 27 Then the master of that servant had pity, so he released him, and cancelled his debt. 28 But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him one hundred cents; and he seized him, and tried to choke him, saying to him, Give me what you owe me. 29 So his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and begged him and said, Have patience with me, and I will pay you. 30 But he was not willing; and he went and had him put into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

but: 1 Kings 21:27-29, 1 Kings 22:27

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:7 - thou shalt 2 Kings 4:1 - the creditor Proverbs 21:13 - at Luke 12:58 - into

Cross-References

Genesis 18:8
And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set them before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
Genesis 18:9
And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, she is in the tent.
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in years; and Sarah was beyond the age of childbearing.
Genesis 18:16
And the men rose up from there and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to see them off.
Genesis 18:28
Suppose there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou destroy the whole city for the lack of five men? And he said, If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.
Genesis 18:29
And Abraham spoke to him and said, Suppose there shall be forty found there? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty.
Genesis 44:18
Then Judah came near to him and said, I beg you, O my lord, let your servant speak a few words in my lords presence, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like Pharaoh.
Judges 6:39
And Gideon said to God, Let not thy anger kindle against me, and I will speak but this once; let me prove thee again but this once with the fleece; let now only the fleece be dry, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
Job 40:4
Behold, I am unworthy; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Psalms 9:12
For he has remembered to avenge their blood; he forgets not the cry of the poor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he would not,.... Have patience with him, give him time for payment, and forbear severity at present, as he requested:

but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt; had him before a proper officer, and proved his debt, and got him sent to jail, there to lie till the whole debt was paid; which, as it discovered ill nature, severe usage, so, great ignorance and stupidity; for a prison will pay no debt: which sets forth the rigorous proceedings of some church members against their brethren, that have displeased them; who immediately bring the matter before the church, and will not be easy unless some censure is laid upon them, or they are cast out, until full satisfaction is given them, whereby oftentimes an useful member of a church is lost.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 18:30. And he would not, c.] To the unmerciful, God will show no mercy this is an eternal purpose of the Lord, which never can be changed. God teaches us what to do to a fellow-sinner, by what HE does to us. Our fellow-servant's debt to us, and ours to God, are as one hundred denarii to ten thousand talents! When we humble ourselves before him, God freely forgives us all this mighty sum! And shall we exact from our brother recompense for the most trifling faults? Reader, if thou art of this unmerciful, unforgiving cast, read out the chapter.

"All the souls that are were forfeit once,

And he who might the 'vantage best have took,

Found out the remedy. How would you be,

If HE, who is the top of judgment, should

But judge you as you are? O! think on that,

And mercy then will breathe within your lips

Like man new made.

Though justice be thy plea, consider this,

That, in the course of justice, none of us

Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;

And that same prayer doth teach us all to render

The deeds of Mercy.-"


 
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