Matthew 18:24
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
KJV
ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν προσηνέχθη εἷς αὐτῷ ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων.
Greek NT
Et cum cœpisset rationem ponere, oblatus est ei unus, qui debebat ei decem millia talenta.
Vulgate
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
ASV
And when he had begun to take the account, one as brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
μύριοι
murioi
adjective · 3×
προσφέρω
prosphero
verb · 49×
συναίρω
sunairo
verb · 3×
τάλαντον
talanton
noun · 15×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ὀφειλέτης
opheiletes
noun · 7×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: προσηνέχθη | NIV/RP: προσηνέχθη | WH/Treg: προσήχθη
- προσηνέχθη — SBLGNT
- προσηνέχθη — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- προσήχθη — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτῷ εἷς | Treg/NIV/RP: αὐτῷ εἷς | WH: εἷς αὐτῷ
- αὐτῷ εἷς — SBLGNT
- αὐτῷ εἷς — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- εἷς αὐτῷ — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2843Thus the Lord's words on forgiveness, the love that loves to the end,142 become a living reality. the parable of the merciless servant, which crowns the Lord's teaching on ecclesial communion, ends with these words: "So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."143 It is there, in fact, "in the depths of the heart,"…
1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…
Cross-references
- Matt 25:15 — And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
- Ps 38:4 — For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
- Ps 130:3 — If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?