Matthew 18:28 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 18:28 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἐξελθὼν
exérchomai
G1831
to come forth
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
δοῦλος
doûlos
G1401
slave
ἐκεῖνος
ekeînos
G1565
that one
εὗρεν
heurískō
G2147
to find
ἕνα
heîs
G1520
one
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
συνδούλων
sýndoulos
G4889
fellow servant
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
ὃς
hós
G3739
who
ὤφειλεν
opheílō
G3784
to owe
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
ἑκατὸν
hekatón
G1540
hundred
δηνάρια
dēnárion
G1220
denarius
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
κρατήσας
kratéō
G2902
to have power
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
ἔπνιγεν
pnígō
G4155
to strangle
λέγων
légō
G3004
to say
ἀπόδος
apodídōmi
G591
to sell
εἴ
ei
G1487
if
τι
tìs
G5100
a certain
ὀφείλεις
opheílō
G3784
to owe
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World English Bible Public Domain
"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
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King James Version Public Domain
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But having gone out, that slave found one of his fellow slaves, who owed him 100 denarii, and having seized him, he choked, saying, ‘Repay whatever you owe.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).