The Unforgiving Servant |
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| Jesus told this
story about forgiving people. You can find it in The Bible, Matthew chapter 18 verses 23 - 25. |
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The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of pounds. He couldn't pay, so the king ordered that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt. |
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But the man fell down before the king and begged him, 'Oh, sir, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.' Then the king was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt. |
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| But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand pounds. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment. His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. |  |
| 'Be patient and I will pay it,' he pleaded. But his creditor wouldn't wait. He had the man arrested and jailed until the debt could be paid in full. | |