Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Matthew 18:26-32 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

26. “But the servant fell on his knees and begged, ‘Be patient with me. I will pay you everything I owe.’

27. The master felt sorry for him. So he told the servant he did not have to pay. He let him go free.

28. “Later, that same servant found another servant who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him around the neck and said, ‘Pay me the money you owe me!’

29. “The other servant fell on his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me. I will pay you everything I owe.’

30. “But the first servant refused to be patient. He told the judge that the other servant owed him money, and that servant was put in jail until he could pay everything he owed.

31. All the other servants saw what happened. They felt very sorry for the man. So they went and told their master everything that happened.

32. “Then the master called his servant in and said, ‘You evil servant. You begged me to forgive your debt, and I said you did not have to pay anything!