Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Matthew 18:34

"And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due." — Matthew 18:34 (ASV)

The king now calls the servant whom he had forgiven “wicked” (v.32) and, forgoing selling him, turns him over to the “torturers” (cf. vv.6, 8–9). He is to be tortured till he pays back all he owes (v.34), which he can never do.