MAT 18:21 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, magenta:vocative.
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ULT Then having approached, Peter said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Until seven times?”

UST After that, Peter came to Jesus and asked, “My Lord, how many times do I need to forgive fellow believers when they keep sinning against me? Do I need to forgive them as many as seven times?”

BSB § Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

BLB Then Peter having come, said to Him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?"

AICNT Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

OEB Then Peter came up, and said to Jesus, ‘Master, how often am I to forgive someone who wrongs me? As many as seven times?’

WEBBE Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”

LSV Then Peter having come near to Him, said, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him—until seven times?”

FBV Peter came to Jesus and asked him, “How many times should I forgive my brother for sinning against me? Seven times?”

TCNT Then Peter came [fn]to Jesus and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?”

18:21 to Jesus and said ¦ and said to Jesus NA WH

T4T Then Peter approached Jesus and said to him, “How many times must I forgive a fellow believer who keeps on sinning against me? If he keeps asking me to forgive him, must I forgive him as many as seven times?”

LEB Then Peter came up to him and[fn] said,[fn] “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?”

18:21 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb

18:21 Some manuscripts have “Then Peter came up and said to him”

BBE Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

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Wymth At this point Peter came to Him with the question, "Master, how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I forgive him? seven times?"

ASV Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times?

DRA Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

YLT Then Peter having come near to him, said, 'Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him — till seven times?'

Drby Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?

RV Then came Peter, and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times?

Wbstr Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

KJB-1769 ¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sinne against mee, and I forgiue him? till seuen times?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

18:21 Luke 17.4.

Bshps Then came Peter to hym, and sayde: Lorde howe oft shall my brother sinne agaynst me, and I forgeue hym? tyll seuen tymes?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva Then came Peter to him, and said, Master, howe oft shall my brother sinne against me, and I shall forgiue him? vnto seuen times?
(Then came Peter to him, and said, Master, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I shall forgive him? unto seven times? )

Cvdl Then came Peter vnto him, & sayde, LORDE, how oft shal I forgeue my brother, yt trespaceth agaynst me? Seue tymes?
(Then came Peter unto him, and said, LORD, how oft shall I forgive my brother, it trespaceth against me? Seue times?)

TNT Then came Peter to him and sayde: master howe ofte shall I forgeve my brother yf he synne agaynst me seven tymes?
(Then came Peter to him and said: master how ofte shall I forgive my brother if he sin against me seven times? )

Wycl Thanne Petre cam to hym, and seide, Lord, how ofte schal my brother synne ayens me, and Y schal foryyue hym?
(Then Petre came to him, and said, Lord, how ofte shall my brother sin against me, and I shall forgive him?)

Luth Da trat Petrus zu ihm und sprach: HErr, wie oft muß ich denn meinem Bruder, der an mir sündiget, vergeben? Ist‘s genug siebenmal?
(So stepped Petrus to him and spoke: LORD, like oft must I because my brother, the/of_the at to_me sündiget, forgive? Ist‘s enough siebenmal?)

ClVg Tunc accedens Petrus ad eum, dixit: Domine, quoties peccabit in me frater meus, et dimittam ei? usque septies?
(Tunc accedens Petrus to him, dixit: Domine, quoties peccabit in me frater mine, and dimittam ei? until septies? )

UGNT τότε προσελθὼν, ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Κύριε, ποσάκις ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ ἀδελφός μου, καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ? ἕως ἑπτάκις?
(tote proselthōn, ho Petros eipen autōi, Kurie, posakis hamartaʸsei eis eme ho adelfos mou, kai afaʸsō autōi? heōs heptakis?)

SBL-GNT Τότε προσελθὼν ⸂αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν⸃· Κύριε, ποσάκις ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ ἀδελφός μου καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ; ἕως ἑπτάκις;
(Tote proselthōn ⸂autōi ho Petros eipen⸃; Kurie, posakis hamartaʸsei eis eme ho adelfos mou kai afaʸsō autōi; heōs heptakis;)

TC-GNT Τότε προσελθὼν [fn]αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπε, Κύριε, ποσάκις ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ ἀδελφός μου, καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ; Ἕως ἑπτάκις;
(Tote proselthōn autōi ho Petros eipe, Kurie, posakis hamartaʸsei eis eme ho adelfos mou, kai afaʸsō autōi; Heōs heptakis; )

18:21 αυτω ο πετρος ειπε ¦ ο πετρος ειπεν αυτω NA WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

ποσάκις ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ ἀδελφός μου, καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ

how_often /will_be/_sinning against me the brother ˱of˲_me and ˱I˲_/will_be/_forgiving ˱to˲_him

If it would be more natural in your language, you could refer to forgiving before sinning. Alternate translation: “how often will I forgive my brother when he sins against me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ ἀδελφός μου, καὶ ἀφήσω

/will_be/_sinning against me the brother ˱of˲_me and ˱I˲_/will_be/_forgiving

Peter is using the future form to ask a question about what he should do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea using a form that asks about an obligation or requirement. Alternate translation: “can my brother sin against me and I should forgive” or “could my brother sin against me and I ought to forgive”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ ἀδελφός μου

¬the the brother ˱of˲_me

Jesus is using the term brother to mean a person who shares the same faith. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “my fellow disciple”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ὁ ἀδελφός & αὐτῷ

¬the the brother & ˱to˲_him

Although the terms brother and him are masculine, Jesus is using the words in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use phrases that make this clear. Alternate translation: “brother or sister … him or her”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἕως ἑπτάκις

up_to seven_times

Peter is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the previous question if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “Will I forgive him until seven times”

ἕως ἑπτάκις

up_to seven_times

Alternate translation: “Up to seven times”

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