The Unforgiving Servant
Matthew 18:35
In 9 translations
- BSB
- That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
- KJV
- So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
- WEB
- So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”
- ASV
- So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
- LSV
- so also My heavenly Father will do to you, if you may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.”
- YLT
- so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.'
- DBY
- Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.
- DRC
- So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
- GNV
- So likewise shall mine heauenly Father doe vnto you, except ye forgiue from your hearts, eche one to his brother their trespasses.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὐράνιος (“heavenly”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐπουράνιος (“heavenwardly”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν.¶ (“the trespasses of them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: οὐράνιος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐράνιος; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐπουράνιος.
- SBLGNT: ὑμῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμῶν; Robinson–Pierpont add τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Οὕτως καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ οὐράνιος ποιήσει ὑμῖν ἐὰν μὴ ἀφῆτε ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν.
- RP2018
- Οὕτως καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ ἐπουράνιος ποιήσει ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ ἀφῆτε ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν.
- TR-Boyd
- Οὕτω καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ ἐπουράνιος ποιήσει ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ ἀφῆτε ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν.
- SCR1894
- ουτως και ο πατηρ μου ο επουρανιος ποιησει υμιν εαν μη αφητε εκαστος τω αδελφω αυτου απο των καρδιων υμων τα παραπτωματα αυτων
Who and where
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ForgivenessPennyMercyCharitablenessForgiveness of InjuriesCreditorSincerityKingdom of HeavenFraternityBrother
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 6:14–15For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
- James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Luke 6:37–38Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running…
- Mark 11:25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
- Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
- Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Matthew 7:1–2“Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- Zechariah 7:12They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
- Jeremiah 3:10Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
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