Matthew 18:29

18:29 Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

Matthew 18:33

18:33 Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’

Matthew 24:48

24:48 But if that evil slave should say to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

Matthew 25:30

25:30 And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’


tn Grk “begged him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

tn In the Greek text this is a third class condition that for all practical purposes is a hypothetical condition (note the translation of the following verb “should say”).

tn Grk “should say in his heart.”