Matthieu 18:33

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

Matthieu 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.

Matthieu 18:33 In-Context

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.

35 C'est ainsi que vous fera mon Père céleste, si vous ne pardonnez pas, chacun de vous, de tout son cour, à son frère ses fautes.