So having-fallen (to his knees), his fellow-servant was-begginga him saying, ‘Be-patient with me and I-will-pay you.’ But he was- not -willing,b and-instead he-cast him into prisonc until he-would-pay what was-owed. LEXICON—a. imperf. act. indic. of παρακαλέω (LN 33.168) (BAGD 3. p. 617): ‘to beg’ [NICNT, NTC; CEV, GW, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, REB, TEV], ‘to beg earnestly’ [BAGD], ‘to plead’ [BECNT, WBC; ESV, NASB, NRSV], ‘to entreat’ [BAGD, BNTC, NIGTC], ‘to beseech’ [CC, PNTC; KJV], ‘to
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