But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
Mark the contrast: the first was master and servant, but here both stand equal. The debt was less than one to a million, yet he seized his brother by the throat and demanded payment with merciless urgency. The tone itself reveals the hardness of his heart.
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A hundred pence was a pittance, about fourteen dollars, set against the ten thousand talents forgiven him. Our Lord means this plainly: the injuries others deal us are trifling beside what we owe God. Since He has pardoned us so vastly, we must forgive each other these small offences.
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When fellow servants witnessed this cruelty, they were cut to the heart, grieved at such harshness from one who had himself received such mercy. Though they lacked power to resist, their sorrow drove them to the throne of grace to lay the matter before the Lord, spreading a complaint before Him who alone can redress such evil.
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