King James Version

Matthew 18:28

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “if” (εἴ) before any here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to me what” (μοι ὁ) before any here.

ἐξελθὼνexelthōnwent outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “went out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.went outδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δοῦλοςdoulosslaveδοῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “slave”, the subject formG1401(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.ἐκεῖνοςekeinosthatἐκεῖνοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.εὗρενheurenand foundεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and found”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.and foundἕναhenaoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG1520one.oneτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.συνδούλωνsundoulōnfellowservantsσύνδουλος (sundoulos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “fellowservants”, the of-formG4889a fellow slave, fellow servant; of Christians: a fellow worker, colleague.fellowservantsαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himὃςhoswhichὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ὤφειλενōpheilenthou owestὀφείλω (opheilō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “thou owest”, an ongoing action in the pastG3784I owe, ought.thou owestαὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἑκατὸνhekatonhundredἑκατόνadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “hundred”, the object formG1540one hundred.δηνάριαdēnariadenariusδηνάριον (dēnarion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “denarius”, the object formG1220a denarius, a small Roman silver coin.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.κρατήσαςkratēsasto graspκρατέω (krateō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to grasp”, a single actionG2902I am strong, mighty, hence: I rule, am master, prevail; I obtain, take hold of; I hold, hold fast.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἔπνιγενepnigento chokeπνίγω (pnigō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to choke”, an ongoing action in the pastG4155I choke, throttle, strangle; hence: I drown.This verse uses “choke”.λέγωνlegōnto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.Ἀπόδοςapodosto payἀποδίδωμι (apodidōmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “to pay”, a single actionG591(a) I give back, return, restore, (b) I give, render, as due, (c) mid: I sell.εἴeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.τιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ὀφείλειςopheileisto oweὀφείλω (opheilō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to owe”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3784I owe, ought.This verse uses “owe”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ὁhowhatὅς (hos)conditional particle — “what”G3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “what”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

World English Bible

“ But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii , and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying , ‘Pay me what you owe !’

Darby Translation

But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay [me] if thou owest anything.

Douay-Rheims

But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow servants that owed him an hundred pence: and laying hold of him, throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.

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