New International Reader's Version

Matthew 18:29-34 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

29. "The other servant fell on his knees. 'Give me time,' he begged him. 'I'll pay you back.'

30. "But the first servant refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison. The man would be held there until he could pay back what he owed.

31. The other servants saw what had happened. It troubled them greatly. They went and told their master everything that had happened.

32. "Then the master called the first servant in. 'You evil servant,' he said. 'I forgave all that you owed me because you begged me to.

33. Shouldn't you have had mercy on the other servant just as I had mercy on you?'

34. In anger his master turned him over to the jailers. He would be punished until he paid back everything he owed.