New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 18:23-27

23“For thisG3778 reasonG1223 1the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772 2may be comparedG3666 to a kingG935 whoG3739 wishedG2309 to 3settleG4868 accountsG3056 with his slavesG1401.

24When he had begunG757 to settleG4868 them, oneG1520 who owedG3781 him 4tenG3463 thousandG3463 talentsG5007 was broughtG4317 to him.

25But since he 5 6did not haveG2192 the means to repayG591, his lordG2962 commandedG2753 him 7to be soldG4097, alongG2532 with his wifeG1135 and childrenG5043 and allG3956 that he hadG2192, and repaymentG591 to be madeG591.

26SoG3767 the slaveG1401 fellG4098 to the ground and 8prostratedG4352 himselfG4352 beforeG4352 him, sayingG3004, ‘HaveG3114 patienceG3114 with me and I will repayG591 you everythingG3956.’

27And the lordG2962 of that slaveG1401 feltG4697 compassionG4697 and releasedG630 him and 9forgaveG863 him the 10debtG1156.

Notes

1. Matthew 18:23 Matt 13:24 ↩
2. Matthew 18:23 Lit was compared to ↩
3. Matthew 18:23 Matt 25:19 ↩
4. Matthew 18:24 A talent was worth more than fifteen years’ wages of a laborer ↩
5. Matthew 18:25 Or was unable to ↩
6. Matthew 18:25 Luke 7:42 ↩
7. Matthew 18:25 Ex 21:2; Lev 25:39; 2 Kin 4:1; Neh 5:5 ↩
8. Matthew 18:26 Matt 8:2 ↩
9. Matthew 18:27 Luke 7:42 ↩
10. Matthew 18:27 Or loan ↩