“But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 18 contains 35 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.