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Matthew 18:31

So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

KJV

ἰδόντες οὖν οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτοῦ τὰ γενόμενα ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα, καὶ ἐλθόντες διεσάφησαν τῷ κυρίῳ ἑαυτῶν πάντα τὰ γενόμενα.

Greek NT

Videntes autem conservi ejus quæ fiebant, contristati sunt valde : et venerunt, et narraverunt domino suo omnia quæ facta fuerant.

Vulgate

So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

ASV

Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came, and told their lord all that was done.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
διασαφέω
diasapheo
verb · 1×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λυπέω
lupeo
verb · 26×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σφόδρα
sphodra
adverb · 11×
σύνδουλος
sundoulos
noun · 10×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οὖν | WH/Treg/NIV: οὖν | RP: δὲ
  • οὖνSBLGNT
  • οὖνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

3 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

  • Heb 13:3 — Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
  • Mark 3:5 — And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restor
  • Rom 12:15 — Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.