Berean Standard Bible
Matthew 18:23-27
23Because ofG1223 thisG3778, theG3588 kingdomG932 ofG3588 heavenG3772 is likeG3666 a kingG935 whoG3739 wantedG2309 to settleG4868 accountsG3056 withG3326 hisG846 servantsG1401. 24AsG1161 heG846 beganG756 the settlementsG4868, aG1520 debtorG3781 owing ten thousandG3463 talentsG5007 was broughtG4374 to himG846.1 25SinceG1161 the man was unableG3361G2192 to payG591, theG3588 masterG2962 ordered thatG2753 heG846 be soldG4097 to pay his debtG591, along withG2532 his wifeG1135 andG2532 childrenG5043 andG2532 everythingG3956 he ownedG2192.
26ThenG3767 theG3588 servantG1401 fellG4098 on his kneesG4352 before himG846. ‘Have patienceG3114 withG1909 meG1473,’ he beggedG3004, ‘andG2532 I will payG591 backG4771 everythingG3956.’
His masterG2962 had compassionG4697 on him, forgaveG863 hisG846 debtG1156, and releasedG630 himG846.
Notes
- 1. Matthew 18:24 A talent was worth about twenty years’ wages for a laborer. ↩
Commentaries on Matthew 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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