◄ Matthew 18:26 ►
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Good News Translation
The servant fell on his knees before the king. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay you everything!'

New Revised Standard Version
So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’

Contemporary English Version
The official got down on his knees and began begging, "Have pity on me, and I will pay you every cent I owe!"

New American Bible
At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

worshipped him.

Matthew 18:29 And his fellow-servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

Luke 7:43 Simon answering, said: I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou hast judged rightly.

Romans 10:3 For they, not knowing the justice of God and seeking to establish their own, have not submitted themselves to the justice of God.

Context
The Unforgiving Servant
…25And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 27And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt.…
Cross References
Matthew 2:11
And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him: and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 8:2
And behold a leper came and adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Matthew 18:25
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