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OET interlinear MAT 18:33

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Reference material for this passage

Used in these topics: Forgiveness and reconciliation with others

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

    1. Greek word
    2. Greek lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strong's
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. Οὐκ
    2. οὐ
    3. Not
    4. -
    5. G3756 ↗
    6. T-·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. S
    10. Y32
    11. 12681
    1. ἔδει
    2. δέω
    3. was it fitting
    4. it
    5. G1210 ↗
    6. V-IIA3··S
    7. ˱it˲ ˓was˒ fitting
    8. ˱it˲ ˓was˒ fitting
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12682
    1. οὖν
    2. οὖν
    3. -
    4. -
    5. G3767 ↗
    6. C-·······
    7. therefore
    8. therefore
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 12683
    1. καί
    2. καί
    3. also
    4. also
    5. G2532 ↗
    6. D-·······
    7. also
    8. also
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12684
    1. σέ
    2. σύ
    3. you
    4. you
    5. G4771 ↗
    6. R-···2A·S
    7. you
    8. you
    9. -
    10. Y32; R12669
    11. 12685
    1. ἐλεῆσαι
    2. ἐλεέω
    3. to show mercy
    4. to shown mercy
    5. G1653 ↗
    6. V-NAA····
    7. ˓to˒ show_mercy
    8. ˓to˒ show_mercy
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12686
    1. τόν
    2. ὁ
    3. to the
    4. to
    5. G3588 ↗
    6. E-····AMS
    7. ˱to˲ the
    8. ˱to˲ the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12687
    1. σύνδουλον
    2. σύνδουλος
    3. fellow-slave
    4. -
    5. G4889 ↗
    6. N-····AMS
    7. fellow-slave
    8. fellow-slave
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12688
    1. σοῦ
    2. σύ
    3. of you
    4. your
    5. G4771 ↗
    6. R-···2G·S
    7. ˱of˲ you
    8. ˱of˲ you
    9. -
    10. Y32; R12669
    11. 12689
    1. ὡς
    2. ὡς
    3. as
    4. like
    5. G5613 ↗
    6. C-·······
    7. as
    8. as
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12690
    1. κἀγώ
    2. κἀγώ
    3. also I
    4. I
    5. G2504 ↗
    6. R-···1N·S
    7. also_I
    8. also_I
    9. -
    10. Y32; R12665
    11. 12691
    1. καί
    2. καί
    3. -
    4. -
    5. G2532 ↗
    6. D-·······
    7. also
    8. also
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 12692
    1. ἐγώ
    2. ἐγώ
    3. -
    4. -
    5. G1473 ↗
    6. R-···1N·S
    7. I
    8. I
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 12693
    1. σέ
    2. σύ
    3. to you
    4. to you
    5. G4771 ↗
    6. R-···2A·S
    7. ˱to˲ you
    8. ˱to˲ you
    9. -
    10. Y32; R12669
    11. 12694
    1. ἠλέησα
    2. ἐλεέω
    3. shown mercy
    4. merciful
    5. G1653 ↗
    6. V-IAA1··S
    7. shown_mercy
    8. shown_mercy
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12695
    1. ὑμᾶς
    2. σύ
    3. -
    4. -
    5. G4771 ↗
    6. R-···2A·P
    7. you_all
    8. you_all
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 12696

OET-LV Not was_it_fitting you also to_show_mercy to_the fellow-slave of_you, as also_I shown_mercy to_you?

OET (OET-RV) Wouldn’t it have been reasonable for you also to have shown mercy to your fellow slave just like I was merciful to you?’

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 18:21–35: Jesus told a parable about a servant who did not forgive

In this section, Jesus continued to talk about relationships among believers. He did this by telling a parable about a servant and a king. The king canceled the servant’s large debt. But the servant refused to cancel the small debt of his fellow servant. As a result the king punished the servant.

Jesus told this parable to show us that God has forgiven our many sins. So we should forgive the few sins that other people commit against us. If we do not forgive others, God will not forgive us.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The parable of the servant who refused to forgive

The necessity for forgiveness (JBP)

18:33

This verse is a rhetorical question. The king used this rhetorical question to rebuke the servant.

Here are some other ways to translate this rebuke:

Translate this rebuke in a way that is most natural in your language.

18:33a

Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant,

Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as Shouldn’t you includes a verb that is often translated “it is necessary.” In this context, it indicates what is the servant’s duty.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

you must have mercy on your fellow servant

you are required/obligated to have mercy on your fellow servant

have had mercy on: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as have…mercy on means “pity” someone,” or “have compassion” on someone because of their condition. For example:

show pity (CEV)

18:33b

just as I had on you?’

just as I had on you: The verb had is the same verb as “had mercy” in 18:33a. The king expected the servant to pity his fellow servant as the king had pitied him.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

like I pitied you

like the way that I did to you

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὐκ ἔδει καὶ σὲ ἐλεῆσαι τὸν σύνδουλόν σου, ὡς κἀγὼ σὲ ἠλέησα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὐκ ἔδει καί σέ ἐλεῆσαι τόν σύνδουλον σοῦ ὡς κἀγώ σέ ἠλέησα)

The slave’s master is using the question form to rebuke the slave. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [It was necessary for you also to have had mercy on your fellow slave, just as I also had mercy on you.] or [It was most certainly necessary for you also to have had mercy on your fellow slave, just as I also had mercy on you!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐλεῆσαι τὸν σύνδουλόν σου & σὲ ἠλέησα

˓to˒_show_mercy (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὐκ ἔδει καί σέ ἐλεῆσαι τόν σύνδουλον σοῦ ὡς κἀγώ σέ ἠλέησα)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of mercy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [to be merciful to your fellow slave … was merciful to you]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strong's
    4. Greek word
    5. Greek lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. Not
    2. -
    3. G3756 ↗
    4. Οὐκ
    5. οὐ
    6. T-·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. S
    10. Y32
    11. 12681
    1. was it fitting
    2. it
    3. G1210 ↗
    4. ἔδει
    5. δέω
    6. V-IIA3··S
    7. ˱it˲ ˓was˒ fitting
    8. ˱it˲ ˓was˒ fitting
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12682
    1. you
    2. you
    3. G4771 ↗
    4. σέ
    5. σύ
    6. R-···2A·S
    7. you
    8. you
    9. -
    10. Y32; R12669
    11. 12685
    1. also
    2. also
    3. G2532 ↗
    4. καί
    5. καί
    6. D-·······
    7. also
    8. also
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12684
    1. to show mercy
    2. to shown mercy
    3. G1653 ↗
    4. ἐλεῆσαι
    5. ἐλεέω
    6. V-NAA····
    7. ˓to˒ show_mercy
    8. ˓to˒ show_mercy
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12686
    1. to the
    2. to
    3. G3588 ↗
    4. τόν
    5. ὁ
    6. E-····AMS
    7. ˱to˲ the
    8. ˱to˲ the
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12687
    1. fellow-slave
    2. -
    3. G4889 ↗
    4. σύνδουλον
    5. σύνδουλος
    6. N-····AMS
    7. fellow-slave
    8. fellow-slave
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12688
    1. of you
    2. your
    3. G4771 ↗
    4. σοῦ
    5. σύ
    6. R-···2G·S
    7. ˱of˲ you
    8. ˱of˲ you
    9. -
    10. Y32; R12669
    11. 12689
    1. as
    2. like
    3. G5613 ↗
    4. ὡς
    5. ὡς
    6. C-·······
    7. as
    8. as
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12690
    1. also I
    2. I
    3. G2504 ↗
    4. κἀγώ
    5. κἀγώ
    6. R-···1N·S
    7. also_I
    8. also_I
    9. -
    10. Y32; R12665
    11. 12691
    1. shown mercy
    2. merciful
    3. G1653 ↗
    4. ἠλέησα
    5. ἐλεέω
    6. V-IAA1··S
    7. shown_mercy
    8. shown_mercy
    9. -
    10. Y32
    11. 12695
    1. to you
    2. to you
    3. G4771 ↗
    4. σέ
    5. σύ
    6. R-···2A·S
    7. ˱to˲ you
    8. ˱to˲ you
    9. -
    10. Y32; R12669
    11. 12694

OET-LV Not was_it_fitting you also to_show_mercy to_the fellow-slave of_you, as also_I shown_mercy to_you?

OET (OET-RV) Wouldn’t it have been reasonable for you also to have shown mercy to your fellow slave just like I was merciful to you?’

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

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