The Unforgiving Servant

A servant forgiven a fortune by his king then chokes a fellow servant over a hundred denarii, and the king reverses the pardon.

²¹Then Peter came and said to him, “Adonai, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”²²Yeshua said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.²³Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.²⁴When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.²⁵But because he couldn’t pay, his adonai commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.²⁶The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘adonai, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’²⁷The adonai of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.²⁸But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’²⁹So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’³⁰He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.³¹So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their adonai all that was done.³²Then his adonai called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.³³Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’³⁴His adonai was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.³⁵So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”