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Matthew 18:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done. "
Matthew 18:31
Verse in Context
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29 “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’
30 He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.
31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.
32 Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
33 Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’
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Matthew 18:1
"In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”"
Matthew 18:2
"Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them"
Matthew 18:3
"and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."
Matthew 18:4
"Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven."
Matthew 18:5
"Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,"
Matthew 18:6
"but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea."
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