23Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants.


In Context

20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

21 Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times?

22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.

23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants.

24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

25 But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Matthew 18:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:23"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would make a reckoning with his servants.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king who would take account of his servants.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23'Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, which would take account of his servants.