Matthew 18:32
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Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:

O thou.

Matthew 25:26 And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not and gather where I have not strewed.

Luke 19:22 He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping that which I did not sow.

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to God.

Context
The Unforgiving Servant
31Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came, and told their lord all that was done. 32Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me: 33Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?…
Cross References
Matthew 18:27
And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt.

Matthew 18:31
Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came, and told their lord all that was done.

Matthew 18:33
Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?

James 2:13
For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above judgment.

Lexicon
Then
Τότε (Tote)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

master
κύριος (kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

summoned
προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4341: To call to myself, summon. Middle voice from pros and kaleo; to call toward oneself, i.e. Summon, invite.

him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[and] declared,
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

‘[You] wicked
πονηρέ (ponēre)
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.

servant!
Δοῦλε (Doule)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.

I forgave
ἀφῆκά (aphēka)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.

all
πᾶσαν (pasan)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

[your]
ἐκείνην (ekeinēn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.

debt
ὀφειλὴν (opheilēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3782: A debt, a duty, what is due. From opheilo; indebtedness, i.e. a sum owed; figuratively, obligation, i.e. duty.

because
ἐπεὶ (epei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1893: Of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else. From epi and ei; thereupon, i.e. Since.

you begged
παρεκάλεσάς (parekalesas)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.

me.
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


Additional Translations
Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

Then his master having called him, says to him, 'Evil servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

Then his lord, after that he had called him, said to him, O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desired me:

Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:

Then his lord, having called him to [him], says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;

Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:

Then his lord, having called him, said to him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

At once his master called him and said, "'Wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me:

Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,
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