Matthew 18:27
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.
Webster's Revision
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
World English Bible
The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
Clarke's Matthew 18:27 Bible Commentary
Moved with compassion - Or with tender pity. This is the source of salvation to a lost world, the tender pity, the eternal mercy of God.
Barnes's Matthew 18:27 Bible Commentary
The lord of that servant was moved with compassion ... - He had pity on him. He saw his distressed condition. He pitied his family. He forgave him the whole debt. This represents the mercy of God to people. "They have sinned." They owe to God more than can be paid. They are about to be cast off; but God has mercy on them, and, in connection with their prayers, forgives them. We are not to interpret the circumstances of a parable too strictly. The illustration taken from selling the wife and children Matthew 18:25 is not to be taken literally, as if God would punish a man for the sins of his father; but it is a circumstance thrown in to keep up the story - to make it consistent - to explain the reason why the servant was so anxious to obtain a delay of the time of payment.