For you took collateral(A) from your brothers without cause,
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.

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You demanded security(A) from your relatives for no reason;(B)
    you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(C)

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13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.(A)

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13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out(A) and not be answered.(B)

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The merciful are blessed,
for they will be shown mercy.(A)

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Blessed are the merciful,
    for they will be shown mercy.(A)

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32 “Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’(A) 34 And his master got angry and handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed. 35 So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother[a] from his[b] heart.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:35 Other mss add his trespasses
  2. Matthew 18:35 Lit your

32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”(A)

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