Matthew 18:28
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| Overview - Matthew 18 | |
| 1 | Christ warns his disciples to be humble and harmless, |
| 7 | to avoid offences, |
| 10 | and not to despise the little ones; |
| 15 | teaches how we are to deal with our brethren when they offend us, |
| 21 | and how oft to forgive them; |
| 23 | which he sets forth by a parable of the king that took account of his servants, |
| 32 | and punished him who shewed no mercy to his fellow. |
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Matthew 18:28 (King James Version)
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.
- an hundred
- Rather, "a hundred denarii," as our penny does not convey one seventh of the meaning
- This would amount to about 3. 2s. 6d. English; which was not one six hundred thousandth part of
- the Matthew 18:10 Matthew 18:000 ; talents, even calculating them as Roman talents.* pence.
- "The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is sevenpence halfpenny."
- 20:2
- and took
- Deuteronomy 15:2 ; Nehemiah 5:7 Nehemiah 5:10 Nehemiah 5:11 ; 10:31 Isaiah 58:3 ; Ezekiel 45:9