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Myles Coverdale Bible

Matthew 18:30

Neuertheles, he wolde not, but wente and cast him in to preson, tyll he shulde paye the dett.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Charitableness;   Creditor;   Debtor;   Forgiveness;   Imprisonment;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Kingdom of Heaven;   Malice;   Scofield Reference Index - Parables;   Thompson Chain Reference - Pitiless;   Pitilessness;   Sympathy-Pitilessness;   Unkindness;   The Topic Concordance - Forgiveness;   Kingdom of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Creditors;   Forgiveness of Injuries;   Parables;   Prisons;   Servants;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Punishments;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Forgiveness;   Grace;   Lending;   Mercy;   Patience;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Christ, Christology;   Discipline;   Follow, Follower;   Forgiveness;   Gospel;   Guilt;   Wages;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dungeon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Brotherly Love;   Ethics;   Forgiveness;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Parables;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Forgiveness;   Parable;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Character;   Debt, Debtor;   Debt, Debtor (2);   Discourse;   Doctrines;   Guilt (2);   Judgment;   Justice (2);   Kindness (2);   Loans;   Lord's Prayer (Ii);   Love (2);   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Money (2);   Paradox;   Prayer (2);   Punishment (2);   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Steward, Stewardship;   Sympathy;   Vengeance (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 36 Ought Must;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Forgiveness;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Justification;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Debt;   Forgiveness;   Intercession;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Mercy;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 27;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But he wasn’t willing. Instead, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.
King James Version (1611)
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till hee should pay the debt.
King James Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
English Standard Version
He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.
New American Standard Bible
"But he was unwilling, and went and threw him in prison until he would pay back what was owed.
New Century Version
"But the first servant refused to be patient. He threw the other servant into prison until he could pay everything he owed.
Amplified Bible
"But he was unwilling and he went and had him thrown in prison until he paid back the debt.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the dette.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.
Legacy Standard Bible
But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.
Berean Standard Bible
But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.
Contemporary English Version
But the first official refused to have pity. Instead, he went and had the other official put in jail until he could pay what he owed.
Complete Jewish Bible
But he refused; instead, he had him thrown in jail until he should repay the debt.
Darby Translation
But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.
Easy-to-Read Version
"But the first servant refused to be patient. He told the judge that the other servant owed him money, and that servant was put in jail until he could pay everything he owed.
George Lamsa Translation
But he was not willing; and he went and had him put into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him.
Good News Translation
But he refused; instead, he had him thrown into jail until he should pay the debt.
Lexham English Bible
But he did not want to, but rather he went and threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed.
Literal Translation
But he would not, but having gone away he threw him into prison until he should pay back the amount owing.
American Standard Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.
Bible in Basic English
And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.
Hebrew Names Version
He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
International Standard Version
But he refused and went and had him thrown into prison until he could repay the debt.
Etheridge Translation
But he would not, but went and threw him into the house of the chained until he should have rendered him what he owed him.
Murdock Translation
But he would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he woulde not: but went, and cast hym into prison, tyll he shoulde pay the debt.
English Revised Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.
World English Bible
He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Weymouth's New Testament
"He would not, however, but went and threw him into prison until he should pay what was due.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But he wolde not; but wente out, and putte hym in to prisoun, til he paiede al the dette.
Update Bible Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay that which was due.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
New English Translation
But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.
New King James Version
And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.
New Living Translation
But his creditor wouldn't wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full.
New Life Bible
But he would not. He had him put in prison until he could pay the money.
New Revised Standard
But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he would pay the debt.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He, however, would not, but went away and cast him into prison, - until he should pay what was owing.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the debt.
Revised Standard Version
He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he wolde not but went and cast him into preson tyll he shulde paye the det.
Young's Literal Translation
and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.
Mace New Testament (1729)
which he would not allow: but immediately threw him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"But the cowboy would have none of it. He went and took the only horse the man had and sold it for a hundred dollars.

Contextual Overview

21 Then came Peter vnto him, & sayde, LORDE, how oft shal I forgeue my brother, yt trespaceth agaynst me? Seue tymes? 22 Iesus saide vnto hi: I saye not vnto ye seue tymes, but seuetie tymes seuen tymes. 23 Therfore is ye kingdome of heaue lickened vnto a kynge which wolde reken wt his seruauntes. 24 And whan he beganne to reke, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousande poude. 25 Now wha he had nothinge to paye his lorde comaunded him to be solde, & his wife & his childre, & all yt he had, & payment to be made. 26 Then the seruaunt fell downe, & besought him, sayenge: Syr, haue paciece wt me, and I wil paye the all. 27 Then had the lorde pytie on that seruaunt, & discharged him, and forgaue him the dett. 28 And the same seruaunt wete out, & foude one of his felowes, which ought him an hudreth pens, and layed hande vpon him, and toke him by the throte, and sayde: paye me that thou owest. 29 The his felowe fell downe, and besought him, sayenge: haue paciece wt me, and I wil paye the all 30 Neuertheles, he wolde not, but wente and cast him in to preson, tyll he shulde paye the dett.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

but: 1 Kings 21:27-29, 1 Kings 22:27

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:7 - thou shalt 2 Kings 4:1 - the creditor Proverbs 21:13 - at Luke 12:58 - into

Cross-References

Genesis 18:8
And he toke butter and mylke and of the calfe that he had prepared, and set it before the, stode him self by them vnder the tre, & they ate.
Genesis 18:9
Then saide they vnto him: where is Sara thy wyfe? He answered: within in ye tent.
Genesis 18:11
And Abraham and Sara were both olde, & well stryken in age: so that it wente nomore with Sara after ye maner of wemen:
Genesis 18:16
Then the men stode vp from thence, and turned them towarde Sodome: and Abraham wente with them, to brynge them on their waye.
Genesis 18:28
Peraduenture there maye be fyue lesse then fiftie righteous therin: Wilt thou then destroye the whole cite because of those fyue? He sayde: yf I fynde fyue and fourtie therin, I will not destroye them?
Genesis 18:29
And he proceded further to speake vnto him, and sayde: Peraduenture there might be fourtie founde therin. And he sayde: I wil do nothinge vnto them for those fourtyes sake.
Genesis 44:18
The stepte Iuda vnto him, and sayde: My lorde, let thy seruaunt speake one worde in thine eares my lorde, be not displesed at yi seruaunt also, for thou art eue as Pharao.
Judges 6:39
And Gedeon sayde vnto God Be not wroth at me, that I speake yet this one tyme. I wyl proue yet but once with the flese, let it be drye onely vpon the flese, and dew vpon all the grounde.
Job 40:4
Beholde, I am to vyle a personne, to answere the, therfore will I laye my hande vpon my mouth.
Psalms 9:12
And why? he maketh inquysicion for their bloude, and remembreth them: he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he would not,.... Have patience with him, give him time for payment, and forbear severity at present, as he requested:

but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt; had him before a proper officer, and proved his debt, and got him sent to jail, there to lie till the whole debt was paid; which, as it discovered ill nature, severe usage, so, great ignorance and stupidity; for a prison will pay no debt: which sets forth the rigorous proceedings of some church members against their brethren, that have displeased them; who immediately bring the matter before the church, and will not be easy unless some censure is laid upon them, or they are cast out, until full satisfaction is given them, whereby oftentimes an useful member of a church is lost.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 18:30. And he would not, c.] To the unmerciful, God will show no mercy this is an eternal purpose of the Lord, which never can be changed. God teaches us what to do to a fellow-sinner, by what HE does to us. Our fellow-servant's debt to us, and ours to God, are as one hundred denarii to ten thousand talents! When we humble ourselves before him, God freely forgives us all this mighty sum! And shall we exact from our brother recompense for the most trifling faults? Reader, if thou art of this unmerciful, unforgiving cast, read out the chapter.

"All the souls that are were forfeit once,

And he who might the 'vantage best have took,

Found out the remedy. How would you be,

If HE, who is the top of judgment, should

But judge you as you are? O! think on that,

And mercy then will breathe within your lips

Like man new made.

Though justice be thy plea, consider this,

That, in the course of justice, none of us

Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;

And that same prayer doth teach us all to render

The deeds of Mercy.-"


 
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