en_obs-tn/content/29/06.md

General Information

Jesus continues the story.

The fellow servant

Translate this phrase in the same way as in 29:05.

fell on his knees

This phrase has the same meaning as in 29:04. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction)

and said, ‘Please be patient with me, and I will pay the full amount that I owe you.’

This is a quotation within a quotation. The entire quotation can be restated so that this portion is an indirect quotation: “and asked him to please be patient with him, and he would pay the full amount that he owed him.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes)

threw his fellow servant into prison

This could also be translated as: “had the man put into prison.” The word threw is figurative and means it was done in a forceful way.