Matthew 18:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.”
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“Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 18:25 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
- Leviticus 25:39If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
- 2 Kings 4:1Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
- Nehemiah 5:5We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
- Nehemiah 5:8and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
- Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
- Luke 7:42When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
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