Matthew 18:23–35

In its context

Its words in the original

• ὡμοιώθηhōmoiōthē· be like, compare

  Make like, become like; compare.

• βασιλείαbasileia· kingdom

  Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.

• οὐρανῶνouranōn· heaven, sky

  Heaven: the sky and, above all, the place of God. "The heavens" is sometimes a respectful way of saying "God".

• ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōi· human being, man

  Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).

• βασιλεῖbasilei· king

  King, one who reigns. In the Gospels, Jesus is the promised king of the Jews.

• ἠθέλησενēthelēsen· want, wish

  Want, wish, be willing.

• συνᾶραιsynarai· settle accounts

  Settle accounts with someone.

• λόγονlogon· word

  Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.

• δούλωνdoulōn· slave

  Slave: someone who belongs to a master and serves him.

• ἀρξαμένουarxamenou· begin

  Begin.

• προσηνέχθηprosēnechthē· offer, bring

  Offer, bring, present.

• εἷςheis· one

  One.

• ὀφειλέτηςopheiletēs· debtor

  Debtor: someone who owes something; also someone who owes for a wrong, an offender.

• μυρίωνmyriōn· ten thousand

  Ten thousand; also countless.

• ταλάντωνtalantōn· talent

  Talent: the largest unit of money, worth about six thousand denarii.

• ἔχοντοςechontos· have

  Have, possess, hold.

• ἀποδοῦναιapodounai· give back, pay

  Pay, give back, give what is owed.

• ἐκέλευσενekeleusen· order, command

  Order, command, give the word for something to be done.

• κύριοςkyrios· Lord, lord

  Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.

• πραθῆναιprathēnai· sell

  Sell.

• γυναῖκαgynaika· woman, wife

  Woman; with a possessive, wife.

• τέκναtekna· child

  Child, son, daughter.

• πεσὼνpesōn· fall

  Fall; fall to the ground.

• προσεκύνειprosekynei· worship, bow down

  Bow down before someone, bend to the ground as a sign of reverence; when it is before God, worship.

• λέγωνlegōn· say

  Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".

• ΜακροθύμησονMakrothymēson· be patient

  Be patient, put up with something without getting angry, wait patiently.

• σπλαγχνισθεὶςsplanchnistheis· have compassion

  Be moved with compassion from deep within, feel pity.

• ἀπέλυσενapelysen· release, send away

  Release, let go, send away; said of a wife, divorce her.

• δάνειονdaneion· loan, debt

  Loan, debt.

• ἀφῆκενaphēken· let go, forgive

  Leave, let go, allow; said of sins and debts, forgive.

• ἐξελθὼνexelthōn· go out

  Go out, come out.

• εὗρενheuren· find

  Find; in the passive, turn out to be, be found to be so.

• συνδούλωνsyndoulōn· fellow slave

  Fellow slave: someone who serves the same master as another.

• ὤφειλενōpheilen· ought, owe

  Owe; ought, be obliged.

• ἑκατὸνhekaton· hundred

  One hundred.

• δηνάριαdēnaria· denarius

  Denarius: a Roman silver coin, a day's wage for a worker.

• κρατήσαςkratēsas· seize, retain

  Take hold of, seize; also retain, keep.

• ἔπνιγενepnigen· choke, drown

  Choke, strangle; drown.

• παρεκάλειparekalei· urge, comfort

  Call to one's side; plead with, encourage, comfort.

• ἀπελθὼνapelthōn· go away

  Go away, leave.

• ἔβαλενebalen· throw, put

  Throw, cast; also put.

• φυλακὴνphylakēn· prison, watch

  Prison; also guard, and each of the watches of the night.

• ἰδόντεςidontes· see

  See, look; notice.

• γενόμεναgenomena· become, happen

  Become, happen, come about; be born.

• ἐλυπήθησανelypēthēsan· grieve

  Make sad; be sad, grieve.

• σφόδραsphodra· greatly, very

  Very, greatly, exceedingly.

• ἐλθόντεςelthontes· come, go

  Come, arrive; go.

• διεσάφησανdiesaphēsan· explain

  Explain clearly, make plain.

• τότεtote· then

  Then, at that time.

• προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenos· summon

  Call to oneself, summon.

• πονηρέponēre· evil, wicked

  Bad, wicked. "The evil one": the devil.

• ὀφειλὴνopheilēn· debt, due

  Debt, what is owed, one's due.

• ἔδειedei· bind, tie

  Bind, tie.

• ἐλεῆσαιeleēsai· have mercy

  Show mercy, take pity; in the passive, receive mercy.

• κἀγὼkagō· and I, I also

  And I, I too.

• ὀργισθεὶςorgistheis· be angry

  Be angry.

• παρέδωκενparedōken· hand over

  Hand over: put into someone else's hands; also betray, or pass on a teaching.

• βασανισταῖςbasanistais· torturer, jailer

  Torturer, jailer who torments prisoners.

• πατήρpatēr· father, Father

  Father; also ancestor.

• οὐράνιοςouranios· heavenly

  Heavenly, of heaven, belonging to heaven.

• ποιήσειpoiēsei· do, make

  Do, make, produce.

• ἕκαστοςhekastos· each

  Each, each one.

• ἀδελφῷadelphōi· brother

  Brother. Also a close relative, a fellow countryman and, among believers, a brother in the faith.

• καρδιῶνkardiōn· heart

  Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.