Matthew 18:32-35

Matthew 18:32-35 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, ... So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Jesus told a story about a man who had a servant who owed him a huge amount of money. The servant begged for mercy. The master knew that the servant would never be able to pay him back, even though the servant kept on saying that he would. So the Master felt sorry for him, and forgave the servant of this huge debt. But then a little later, the forgiven servant caught one of his friends and demanded that he pay back the little loan that he owed. The forgiven servant got really nasty with his friend and demanded each and every penny of the debt. When the other servants told the master how that the forgiven servant was acting, the master was angry! That’s what wroth means: really angry. The master took back his offer of forgiveness because the servant was so mean to his friend. And that story is a good example for us today. We should forgive other people when they offend us because God has forgiven us. And God has forgiven us a whole much more than we should forgive others. Here it is: we should forgive because we are forgiven.