Matthäus 18:33

33 solltest nicht auch du dich deines Mitknechtes erbarmt haben, wie auch ich mich deiner erbarmt habe?

Matthäus 18:33 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 18:33

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion.
&c.] It is but reasonable, what ought to be, and may be expected, that such who have received mercy, should show mercy; and as the Lord had compassion on this man, and had forgiven him such an immense sum, and saved him, his wife and children, from being sold for bondslaves, the least he could have done after this, would have been to have followed such an example, and have had mercy, as his Lord says to him,

on thy fellow servant;
between whom, and him, there was not so great a distance, as between him, and his Lord; and the sum so small that was owing to him, as not to be mentioned with his:

even as, I had pity on thee;
such an instance of pity and compassion did not only set him an example, worthy of his imitation, but laid him under an obligation to have acted such a part.

Matthäus 18:33 In-Context

31 Als aber seine Mitknechte sahen, was geschehen war, wurden sie sehr betrübt und gingen und berichteten ihrem Herrn alles, was geschehen war.

32 Dann rief ihn sein Herr herzu und spricht zu ihm: Böser Knecht! Jene ganze Schuld habe ich dir erlassen, dieweil du mich batest;

33 solltest nicht auch du dich deines Mitknechtes erbarmt haben, wie auch ich mich deiner erbarmt habe?

34 Und sein Herr wurde zornig und überlieferte ihn den Peinigern, bis er alles bezahlt habe, was er ihm schuldig war.

35 Also wird auch mein himmlischer Vater euch tun, wenn ihr nicht ein jeder seinem Bruder von Herzen vergebet.