Parable Of The Unforgiving Servant

The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant (Mathew 18:21-35
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21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked,
“Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who
sins against me? Up to seven times?”


22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven
times, but seventy-seven times.


23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is
like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
24 As he began the settlement, a man who
owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to
him.25 Since he was not able to pay, the
master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that
he had be sold to repay the debt.


26 “At this the servant fell on his knees
before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back
everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took
pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.


28 “But when that servant went out, he
found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver
coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you
owe me!’ he demanded.


29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees
and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’


30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off
and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
31 When the other servants saw what had
happened, they were outraged and went and told their master
everything that had happened.


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.”