Matthew 18
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Matthew 18:23-33

23ThereforeisthekingdomβασιλείαbasileiaG932ofheavenοὐρανῶνouranōnG3772likened untoacertainkingβασιλεῖbasileiG935,whowouldmakeareckoningwithhisservantsδούλωνdoulōnG1401.
24AndwhenhehadbegunG757toreckon,oneεἷςheisG1520wasbroughtG4374untohim,thatowedhimtenμυρίωνmuriōnG3463thousandG3463talentsταλάντων.talantōnG5007.
25ButforasmuchashehadnotwherewithtopayG591,hislordG2962commandedἐκέλευσενekeleusenG2753himtobesold,andhiswifeγυναῖκαgunaikaG1135,andchildrenG5043,andallthathehad,andpaymenttobemade.
26TheservantδοῦλοςdoulosG1401thereforeοὖνounG3767fellG4098downΠεσὼνPesōnG4098andworshippedhim,sayingλέγων·legōnG3004, Lord,havepatienceμακροθύμησονmakrothumēsonG3114withme,andIwillpayἀποδώσωapodōsōG591theeall.
27AndthelordG2962ofthatservantδούλουdoulouG1401, beingmovedwithcompassionΣπλαγχνισθεὶςSplagchnistheisG4697,releasedG630him,andforgaveἀφῆκενaphēkenG863himthedebt.
28ButthatservantδοῦλοςdoulosG1401wentG1831out,andfoundG2147oneἕναhenaG1520ofhisfellow-servants,whoowedG3784himahundredἑκατὸνhekatonG1540shillings:andhelaidG2902holdG2902onhim,andtookG2902himbythethroat,sayingλέγων·legōnG3004,PayἀπόδοςapodosG591whatthou owest.
29Sohisfellow-servantfellG4098downπεσὼνpesōnG4098andbesoughthim,sayingλέγων·legōnG3004,HavepatienceμακροθύμησονmakrothumēsonG3114withme,andIwillpayἀποδώσωapodōsōG591thee.
30Andhewouldnot:butwentG565andcastἔβαλενebalenG906himintoprisonφυλακὴνphulakēnG5438, tillheshouldpayἀποδῷapodōG591thatwhichwasdue.
31Sowhenhisfellow-servantssawG3708whatwasdone,theywereexceeding sorry,andcameG2064andtold untotheirlordG2962allthatwasdone.
32ThenΤότεToteG5119hislordG2962calledhimuntohim,andsaithtohim, ThouwickedG4190servantδοῦλεdouleG1401,IforgaveἀφῆκάaphēkaG863theeallthatdebtὀφειλὴνopheilēnG3782,becausethou besoughtestme:
33shouldestnotthoualsoG2532havehadmercyG1653onthy fellow-servant,evenG2532asIhadmercyG1653onthee?
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