Mattheüs 18:33

33 Behoordet gij ook niet u over uw mededienstknecht te ontfermen, gelijk ik ook mij over u ontfermd heb?

Mattheüs 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.

Mattheüs 18:33 In-Context

31 Als nu zijn mededienstknechten zagen, hetgeen geschied was, zijn zij zeer bedroefd geworden; en komende, verklaarden zij hunnen heer al wat er geschied was.

32 Toen heeft hem zijn heer tot zich geroepen, en zeide tot hem: Gij boze dienstknecht, al die schuld heb ik u kwijtgescholden, dewijl gij mij gebeden hebt;

33 Behoordet gij ook niet u over uw mededienstknecht te ontfermen, gelijk ik ook mij over u ontfermd heb?

34 En zijn heer, vertoornd zijnde, leverde hem den pijnigers over, totdat hij zou betaald hebben al wat hij hem schuldig was.

35 Alzo zal ook Mijn hemelse Vader u doen, indien gij niet van harte vergeeft een iegelijk zijn broeder zijn misdaden.