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So his fellow-servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, `Have patience with me, and I will repay you.`
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A Haunting Echo
Multiple commentators, including Spurgeon and Gill, emphasize the profound irony in this scene. The fellow servant falls down and uses the exact same words of pleading—"Have patience with me, and I will pay thee"—that the first servant had used before the king. This direct echo of his own desperate plea should have startled him into showing mercy, but his hard heart remains unmoved.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence. The Penny was a Roman coin, worth about fourteen cents [seven pence] …
19th Century
Anglican
Have patience with me — No one can fail to note the dramatic force of the utterance of the very same words that had been used before by th…
Baptist
It ought to have startled the tyrant when he heard his own prayer addressed to himself. It was word for word what he had said and the suppliant’s p…
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The servant’s attitude is appalling. The amount owed him is not insignificant: though worth but a few dollars in terms of metal currency, it repres…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And his fellow servant fell down at his feet In the most humble and submissive manner, just as he himself had done a litt…
Although we live entirely on mercy and forgiveness, we are reluctant to forgive the offenses of our brothers and sisters. This parable shows how mu…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here a parable is related, and He does three things:
