Matthieu 18:32

32 Alors son maître le fit venir et lui dit: Méchant serviteur, je t'avais remis toute cette dette, parce que tu m'en avais prié;

Matthieu 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.

Matthieu 18:32 In-Context

30 Mais lui ne le voulut point, et, s'en étant allé, le fit jeter en prison, jusqu'à ce qu'il eût payé la dette.

31 Ses compagnons de service, voyant ce qui s'était passé, en furent fort attristés; et ils vinrent rapporter à leur maître tout ce qui était arrivé.

32 Alors son maître le fit venir et lui dit: Méchant serviteur, je t'avais remis toute cette dette, parce que tu m'en avais prié;

33 Ne te fallait-il pas aussi avoir pitié de ton compagnon de service, comme j'avais eu pitié de toi?

34 Et son maître, étant irrité, le livra aux sergents, jusqu'à ce qu'il eût payé tout ce qu'il lui devait.