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Shouldἔδειyouσὲnotοὐκalsoκαὶhave had mercyἐλεῆσαιon your fellow slave,τὸν σύνδουλόν σουasὡςI alsoκἀγὼhad mercyἠλέησαon you?’σὲ
Matthew 18:33
Study it in the app“Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I also had mercy on you?’”
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 18:33, word by word
- Shouldἔδειedei
must
Something that has to be done.
Where else “edei” appears- have had mercyἐλεῆσαιeleēsai
have mercy
Show mercy, take pity; in the passive, receive mercy.
Where else “eleēsai” appears- on your fellow slaveσύνδουλόνsyndoulon
fellow slave
Fellow slave: someone who serves the same master as another.
Where else “syndoulon” appears- I alsoκἀγὼkagō
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appears
The context
32Then his master summoned him and says to him, ‘Wicked slave! All that debt I forgave you, because you begged me.
33 · This verse (above)
34And his master, angered, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed.
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?