Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
should not you then have had the like compassion for thy fellow servant as I had for thee?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'
A Conservative Version
Was it not necessary for thee also to be merciful to thy fellow bondman, as I also was merciful to thee?
American Standard Version
shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Should you not also have had pity on your fellow-servant just as I pitied you?'
Anderson New Testament
Ought you not to have had mercy on your fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on you?
Bible in Basic English
Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?
Common New Testament
Should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'
Darby Translation
shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as I also had compassion on thee?
Godbey New Testament
did it not behoove thee also to have mercy on thy fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee?
Goodspeed New Testament
Ought you not to have taken pity on your fellow-slave, as I did on you?'
John Wesley New Testament
Should'st not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, as I had pity on thee?
Julia Smith Translation
Oughtest thou not also to pity thy fellow-servant, as I also pitied thee
King James 2000
Should not you also have had compassion on your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Should you not also have shown mercy to your fellow slave as I also showed mercy to you?'
Modern King James verseion
Should you not also have pitied your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Was it not mete also, that thou shouldest have had compassion on thy fellow, even as I had pity on thee?'
Moffatt New Testament
Ought you not to have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had on you?'
Montgomery New Testament
"'Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?'
NET Bible
Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?'
New Heart English Bible
Should not you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'
Noyes New Testament
shouldst not thou also have had pity on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Sawyer New Testament
Ought you not also to pity your fellow-servant, as I pitied you?
The Emphasized Bible
Was it not binding, upon thee also, to have mercy upon thy fellow-servant, as, I also, on thee, had mercy?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and oughtest thou not to have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Ought not you, also, to have shown mercy to your fellow- servant, just as I showed mercy to you?'
Webster
Shouldst thou not also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?
Weymouth New Testament
ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'
Williams New Testament
Ought you not to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave, as I too had done for you?'
World English Bible
Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'
Worrell New Testament
Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had mercy on you?'
Worsley New Testament
and oughtest not thou to have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had on thee?
Youngs Literal Translation
did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?
Themes
Forgiveness » The reward for not forgiving others
Forgiveness of injuries » Illustrated
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The unmerciful servant
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a king who called his servants for a reckoning (an audit)
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 18:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Unforgiving Slave
32 then his lord order'd him to be call'd, and said to him, O thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all thy debt, upon your request: 33 should not you then have had the like compassion for thy fellow servant as I had for thee? 34 so that his lord in great displeasure delivered him to the jayler till he should pay the whole debt.
Cross References
Colossians 3:13
bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, when one has any cause of complaint against another: as the Lord forgave you, do you likewise forgive.
Matthew 5:44-45
but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who traduce you, and persecute you:
Matthew 6:12
and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Luke 6:35-36
but as for you, love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting any advantage from it: so shall your reward be great, in acting like the children of the most high: for he is kind to the most ungrateful wretches.
Ephesians 4:32-2
be mutually kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.