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Shouldn`t you also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on you?`
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The Obligation of Mercy
Commentators emphasize that the king's question is rhetorical: "Was it not necessary?" (Robertson). Having received such immense and undeserved mercy, the servant was under a clear and logical obligation to show mercy in return. John Gill notes that the king's example of pity was not just a model to imitate, but a debt to be paid forward.
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Shouldst thou not? (ουκ εδε σε?) "Was it not necessary?" The king fits the cap on this wicked slave that he put on the poor debtor…
19th Century
Anglican
Even as I had pity on you—The comparison of the two acts, and the implied assumption that the pity of the one act would follow the…
Baptist
The wretch was not condemned unheard; his lord only judged him after he had called him. His lord and king set the matter before him very clearly an…
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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). H…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion . &c.] It is but reasonable, what ought to be, and may be expected, that…
Presbyterian
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:
