Matthieu 18:32

32 Alors le maître fit appeler ce serviteur, et lui dit: Méchant serviteur, je t'avais remis en entier ta dette, parce que tu m'en avais supplié;

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 l'autre ne voulut pas, et il alla le jeter en prison, jusqu'à ce qu'il eût payé ce qu'il devait.

31 Ses compagnons, ayant vu ce qui était arrivé, furent profondément attristés, et ils allèrent raconter à leur maître tout ce qui s'était passé.

32 Alors le maître fit appeler ce serviteur, et lui dit: Méchant serviteur, je t'avais remis en entier ta dette, parce que tu m'en avais supplié;

33 ne devais-tu pas aussi avoir pitié de ton compagnon, comme j'ai eu pitié de toi?

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