KJV King James Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 18:30
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.
WEB World English Bible
He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
ASV American Standard Version
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.
Surrounding context — Matthew 18
27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took [him] by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenοὐκG3756 · ounoἤθελεν,G2309 · thelōto will/desireἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutἀπελθὼνG565 · aperchomaito go awayἔβαλενG906 · ballōto throw: throwαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardφυλακὴνG5438 · phulakēprison/watch: prisonἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilοὗG3739 · hos, hēwhichἀποδῷG591 · apodidōmito payτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀφειλόμενον.¶G3784 · opheilōto owe
Cross-references
1 Kings 21:27-29And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.1 Kings 22:27And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Matthew 18:30
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →