Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’
Parallel Translations
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Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’
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was it not mete also that thou shuldest have had compassion on thy felow even as I had pitie on the?
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Oughtest not thou also to haue had pitie on thy fellowe seruant, euen as I had pitie on thee?
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to Matthew 18:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
- Matthew 6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
- Ephesians 4:32–5:2 And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Luke 6:35-36 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. “Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
- Matthew 5:44-45 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on…
33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Ver. 33. Shouldst not thou also, &c.] Which because he did not, his patent was called in again into the pardoning office, and he deservedly turned over to the tormentor. God will set off his own and all hearts else, from a merciless man, from a griping oppressor, as he did from Haman; not a man opened his mouth to intercede for him, when he fell before that Jewess, the queen. "For he shall have judgment without mercy," saith St James, "that hath showed no mercy;" whereas "mercy rejoiceth against judgment," as a man doth against his adversary, whom he hath subdued, Jas 2:13.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 33. Shouldest not thou also have had compassion]…
Verse 33. 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.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 33. Cp. the Lord’s Prayer, where forgiveness of others…
33. Cp. the Lord’s Prayer, where forgiveness of others is put forward as the claim for divine pardon.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (33) Even as I had pity on thee.—The comparison…
(33) Even as I had pity on thee.—The comparison of the two acts, the implied assumption that the pity of the one act would be after the pattern of the other, was, we may believe, designed to lead the disciples to the true meaning of the prayer they had been taught to use, “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Compassion...pity. The same verb is used in both places.…
Compassion...pity. The same verb is used in both places. Shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow servant, even as I had mercy on thee? (Revised Version). The man"s guilt lies in his unmercifulness in the face of mercy received. The fact is patent; it stands for itself; it needs no amplification or enforcement. The king says no more, and the delinquent is equally silent; he has no excuse to offer. Convicted by his own conscience, he knows it is useless to sue for pardon or to expect further leniency. So in the day of judgment no excuse can be admitted; it is too late to plead or argue when the sentence is past.
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