Matthew 18:33 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 18:33

Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?

KJV

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

He seeks to instruct us, that we should be ready to show clemency to those who have done us harm, especially if they offer amends, and plead to have forgiveness.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion - Ουκ εδει και σε, Did it not become thee also? What a cutting reproach! It became Me to show mercy, when thou didst earnestly entreat me, because I am Merciful, It became thee also to have shown mercy, because thou wert so deep in debt thyself, and hadst obtained mercy.

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

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐκ	ouk	Surely	G3756 →
ἔδει	edei	it was necessary	G1163 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
σὲ	se	you	G4771 →
ἐλεῆσαι	eleēsai	to have pitied	G1653 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
σύνδουλόν	sundoulon	fellow servant	G4889 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
κἀγὼ	kagō	also I myself	G1473 →G2532 →
σὲ	se	you	G4771 →
ἠλέησα;¶	ēleēsa	pitied?	G1653 →

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
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
leads to
- Mark 11:25
  And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 6:14–15
  For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Colossians 3:12–13
  Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- 1 Peter 3:8–9
  Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
- 2 Corinthians 2:10
  If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
Through
Colossians 3:13
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:32
  Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 2:13
  For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Ephesians 4:2
  with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,