Matthew 18:32 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 18:32

Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

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J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In these verses the Lord Jesus deals with a deeply important subject, the forgiveness of injuries. We live in a wicked world, and it is vain to expect that we can escape ill-treatment, however carefully we may behave. To know how to conduct ourselves when we are ill-treated is of great moment to our souls. In the first place, the Lord Jesus lays it down as a general rule that we ought to forgive others to the uttermost. Peter put the question, “How oft shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Till seven times?”

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
προσκαλεσάμενος	proskalesamenos	having called to	G4341 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κύριος	kurios	master	G2962 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
δοῦλε	doule	Servant	G1401 →
πονηρέ,	ponēre	evil,	G4190 →
πᾶσαν	pasan	all	G3956 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ὀφειλὴν	opheilēn	debt,	G3782 →
ἐκείνην	ekeinēn	that [one]	G1565 →
ἀφῆκά	aphēka	I forgave	G863 →
σοι	soi	you	G4771 →
ἐπεὶ	epei	because	G1893 →
παρεκάλεσάς	parekalesas	you begged	G3870 →
με.	me	me.	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
leads to
- Galatians 3:10
  All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Galatians 3:22–23
  But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
- Romans 2:12–18
  All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
- Romans 3:9
  What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
- Galatians 5:18
  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Through
Matthew 25:26
‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
leads to
- Job 15:5–6
  For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Luke 19:22
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 1:16
  For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
- Matthew 12:37
  For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”