Matteo 18:32

32 Allora il suo signore lo chiamò a sé e gli disse: Malvagio servitore, io t’ho rimesso tutto quel debito, perché tu me ne supplicasti;

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 colui non volle; anzi andò e lo cacciò in prigione, finché avesse pagato il debito.

31 Or i suoi conservi, veduto il fatto, ne furono grandemente contristati, e andarono a riferire al loro signore tutto l’accaduto.

32 Allora il suo signore lo chiamò a sé e gli disse: Malvagio servitore, io t’ho rimesso tutto quel debito, perché tu me ne supplicasti;

33 non dovevi anche tu aver pietà del tuo conservo, com’ebbi anch’io pietà di te?

34 E il suo signore, adirato, lo diede in man degli aguzzini fino a tanto che avesse pagato tutto quel che gli doveva.