Matthew Chapter 18 verse 30 Holy Bible
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.
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And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.
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But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.
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And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
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He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
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and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - And he would not. The piteous appeal made no impression on his hard heart. "He did not even regard the words by which he himself had been saved (for on saying these same words he had been delivered from the ten thousand talents), nor recognize the port by which he had escaped shipwreck; neither did the attitude of supplication remind him of his master's kindness; but putting aside all such considerations by reason of covetousness, cruelty, and revenge, he was fiercer than any wild beast" (St. Chrysostom, in loc.). He went and cast him into prison. He either himself dragged the wretched debtor to prison, or was not satisfied till he had seen the door of the gaol close upon him. Far from forgiving the debt, he would not even grant an extension of time; he must have payment immediately, or he will exact the utmost punishment till the debt is fully discharged.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) Till he should pay the debt.--Neither the memory of his lord's mercy, nor any touch of pity, restrains the man who broods over the memory of wrong. But the course which he takes is, it may be noted, as unwise as it is ungenerous. He, as a slave, cannot command his fellow-slave to be sold. He can cast him into prison; but in so doing he cuts the debtor off from all opportunities of gaining the money by which he might pay his debt. His vindictiveness is so far suicidal. This surely is not without its analogue in the interpretation of the parable. Whatever be the nature of the offence, patience and forbearance at once encourage and enable the offender to make restitution. Harshness shuts him up as in the prison of a sullen defiance.
