Matteo 18:32

32 Allora il suo signore lo chiamò a sè, e gli disse: Malvagio servitore, io ti rimisi tutto quel debito, perciocchè tu me ne pregasti.

Matteo 18:32 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 18:32

Then his Lord, after that he had called him
Or ordered him to be called, and brought before him,

said unto him, O thou wicked servant!
Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads, "thou servant of Belial"; thou cruel and hard hearted man to thy fellow servant, and ungrateful creature to me, on whom my goodness to thee has not made any impression, nor taken any effect:

I forgave thee all that debt:
all that vast debt of ten thousand talents, and that freely:

because thou desiredst me:
not to forgive the debt, but to have patience, and give time, and therefore unasked forgave the whole sum, every farthing of it; which was such an instance of pure goodness, as was enough to have wrought upon an heart of stone, and engaged the most tender concern and pity for a fellow creature, as well as filled with thankfulness to the kind benefactor. The favour so lately bestowed on him is justly observed as an aggravation of his wickedness.

Matteo 18:32 In-Context

30 Ma egli non volle, anzi andò, e lo cacciò in prigione, finchè avesse pagato il debito.

31 Or i suoi conservi, veduto il fatto, ne furono grandemente contristati, e vennero al lor signore, e gli dichiararono tutto il fatto.

32 Allora il suo signore lo chiamò a sè, e gli disse: Malvagio servitore, io ti rimisi tutto quel debito, perciocchè tu me ne pregasti.

33 Non ti si conveniva egli altresì aver pietà del tuo conservo, siccome io ancora avea avuta pietà di te?

34 E il suo signore, adiratosi, lo diede in man de’ sergenti, da martoriarlo, infino a tanto ch’egli avesse pagato tutto ciò che gli era dovuto.