Matthew 18:34 Parallel Translations

"His master was so angry that he handed him over to the torturers until he would repay everything that he owed.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

ASV:

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due.

BBE:

And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

DBY:

And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.

ERV:

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due.

WEY:

"So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him.

WBS:

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.

WEB:

His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

YLT:

'And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

Matthew 18:34 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 18:33 'Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?'

Matthew 18:35 "My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

18:34 His lord... delivered him to the tormenters. This language is to be interpreted by customs that still prevail in the East, where torture is still used to compel debtors to confess where they have hidden treasures that they are suspected of having concealed. In both Greece and Rome torture was used on prisoners to compel confession, and until within a century or two it was still employed in Great Britain and Europe.
Till he should pay all. As, however, he never could pay, he was condemned to perpetual imprisonment.

WES:

18:34 His lord delivered him to the tormentors - Imprisonment is a much severer punishment in the eastern countries than in ours. State criminals, especially when condemned to it, are not only confined to a very mean and scanty allowance, but are frequently loaded with clogs or heavy yokes, so that they can neither lie nor sit at ease: and by frequent scourgings and sometimes rackings are brought to an untimely end. Till he should pay all that was due to him - That is, without all hope of release, for this he could never do. How observable is this whole account; as well as the great inference our Lord draws from it: The debtor was freely and fully forgiven; He wilfully and grievously offended; His pardon was retracted, the whole debt required, and the offender delivered to the tormentors for ever. And shall we still say, but when we are once freely and fully forgiven, our pardon can never be retracted? Verily, verily, I say unto you, So likewise will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

MHC:

18:21-35 Though we live wholly on mercy and forgiveness, we are backward to forgive the offences of our brethren. This parable shows how much provocation God has from his family on earth, and how untoward his servants are. There are three things in the parable: 1. The master's wonderful clemency. The debt of sin is so great, that we are not able to pay it. See here what every sin deserves; this is the wages of sin, to be sold as a slave. It is the folly of many who are under strong convictions of their sins, to fancy they can make God satisfaction for the wrong they have done him. 2. The servant's unreasonable severity toward his fellow-servant, notwithstanding his lord's clemency toward him. Not that we may make light of wronging our neighbour, for that is also a sin against God; but we should not aggravate our neighbour's wronging us, nor study revenge. Let our complaints, both of the wickedness of the wicked, and of the afflictions of the afflicted, be brought to God, and left with him. 3. The master reproved his servant's cruelty. The greatness of sin magnifies the riches of pardoning mercy; and the comfortable sense of pardoning mercy, does much to dispose our hearts to forgive our brethren. We are not to suppose that God actually forgives men, and afterwards reckons their guilt to them to condemn them; but this latter part of the parable shows the false conclusions many draw as to their sins being pardoned, though their after-conduct shows that they never entered into the spirit, or experienced the sanctifying grace of the gospel. We do not forgive our offending brother aright, if we do not forgive from the heart. Yet this is not enough; we must seek the welfare even of those who offend us. How justly will those be condemned, who, though they bear the Christian name, persist in unmerciful treatment of their brethren! The humbled sinner relies only on free, abounding mercy, through the ransom of the death of Christ. Let us seek more and more for the renewing grace of God, to teach us to forgive others as we hope for forgiveness from him.

CONC:

Anger Angry Debt Delivered Due Greatly Handed Hands Incensed Inquisitors Jailers Master Moved Owed Owing Paid Pay Payment Punishment Repay Till Tormentors Tortured Torturers Wroth

Anger Angry Debt Delivered Due Greatly Handed Hands Incensed Master Moved Owed Owing Paid Pay Payment Punishment Repay Tormentors Turned Wroth

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