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Thenτότεhis masterὁ κύριος αὐτοῦsummonedπροσκαλεσάμενοςhimαὐτὸνandsaysλέγειto him,αὐτῷ‘Wickedπονηρέslave!ΔοῦλεAllπᾶσανthatτὴν ἐκείνηνdebtὀφειλὴνI forgaveἀφῆκάyou,σοιbecauseἐπεὶyou beggedπαρεκάλεσάςme.με
Matthew 18:32
Study it in the app“Then his master summoned him and says to him, ‘Wicked slave! All that debt I forgave you, because you begged me.”
The forgiven servant will not forgive his fellow servantForgivenessA servant forgiven a huge debt will not forgive a small oneJustice and mercy
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 18:32, word by word
- Thenτότεtote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appears- his masterκύριοςkyrios
master
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyrios” appears- summonedπροσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenos
summon
Call to oneself, summon.
Where else “proskalesamenos” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- ‘Wickedπονηρέponēre
evil
One who does or desires evil, opposed to God and the good.
Where else “ponēre” appears- slaveΔοῦλεDoule
slave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “Doule” appears- debtὀφειλὴνopheilēn
debt
Money one has to pay back.
Where else “opheilēn” appears- I forgaveἀφῆκάaphēka
forgive
To wipe away sins or debts, not exact them.
Where else “aphēka” appears- you beggedπαρεκάλεσάςparekalesas
beg
To call someone to your side, implore them.
Where else “parekalesas” appears
The context
31So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very grieved, and they went and reported to their master all that had happened.
32 · This verse (above)
33Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I also had mercy on you?’
To study Matthew 18 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus put in the middle of the disciples when they asked who is greatest (vv. 1–3)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus tell the parable of the slave who was forgiven a huge debt (vv. 23–35)?
3. How I live it
Peter asked how many times to forgive (v. 21). Whom do you find hard to forgive, and what small first step can you take?