Matthew 18:33 WEB

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 18:21-35

Forgiven yet Unforgiving Matthew 18:21-35 Seventy times seven is illimitable forgiveness. These numbers denote the perfection of perfection; and if God asks so much of us, what is He not prepared to do! Despair of yourself, but never despair of God’s forgiving mercy! The cause of soul-ruin is not sin, but the unbelief that thinks sin too great to be forgiven. The difference between the two amounts of debt named in the parable sets forth the vast difference between our indebtedness to man... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 18:1-35

What a sad state of heart prompted this question! How absolutely opposed to the whole genius of the Master's teaching and example! He replied by an act, and a statement growing out of that act. The child in the midst was a revelation of the truly great character. To rob a child of its child character is to make it stumble, and the words of Jesus leave no room for doubt how such an act is abhorred by God. The journey into the wilderness is a journey to restore childhood to a wanderer, for it is... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 18:21-35

God's Forgiveness for Sins Matthew 6:14-15 ; Matthew 18:21-35 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The question which the words of our first text propound, is, Is forgiveness conditional? In answering this query we would say three things. 1. These words concerning forgiveness are spoken strictly to saints. Christ is not telling sinners about how they obtain pardon from their sins, but He is speaking to a covenant people; He is speaking unto those who can rightly address Him as, "Our Father, who art in... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 18:32-33

THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY‘Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?’ Matthew 18:32-Micah :‘Until seventy times seven.’ Here we have the very essence of Christianity. Christianity is a spirit, not a set of rules. ‘Seventy times seven’ is a Hebrew expression. It is not a definite, but an infinite number,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:1-35

Guidance For The New Congregation (18:1-19:2). This chapter has been compared with the Manual of Discipline found at Qumran which was intended to regulate a specific community, and has been seen as similarly giving instructions concerning the regulating of the new community of disciples. As a general comparison that may be seen as acceptable, but it is not strictly accurate. For it must be noted that this is not really a Manual of Discipline at all, nor is it set out as such, it is rather a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:32-33

“Then his lord called him to him, and says to him, ‘You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me, should you not also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on you?” When the lord heard of what had happened he summoned the servant to him. The servant would enter confidently enough. He was totally unaware of the wrong that he had done. His heart was hardened in sin. But then he was brought up short by what he heard. ‘You wicked servant’. And then the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:21-35

Matthew 18:21-Habakkuk : . The Duty of Forgiveness Illustrated by the Parable of the Ungrateful Servant.— With Matthew 18:21 cf. Luke 17:4, which makes repentance a condition. The Rabbis taught ( Yoma, 86 b) that one must forgive one’ s “ brother” (OT “ neighbour” ) three times ( cf. Amos 1:3; Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9). According to Jesus, men’ s forgive ness should be limitless, like that of His Father in heaven. The natural man longs for limitless revenge ( Genesis 4:24), “ the spiritual... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 18:23-35

All these verses (except the last) are but a parable, which (as I before showed) is a similitude brought from the usual actions of men, and made use of to open or apply some spiritual doctrine. The main scope, or the proposition of truth, which our Saviour designs to open or press, is that which is first and principally to be considered and intended; and that, as I before showed, is to be known, either by the particular explication given by our Saviour, or by what went immediately before, or... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 18:21-35

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 18:22. Until seventy times seven.—That is, as often as there is a cause—a certain number is put for an uncertain (John Wesley).Matthew 18:24. Ten thousand talents.—The talent was not a coin, but a weight or sum of money. See margins A.V. and R.V. The amount here intended cannot be exactly determined. “Even if silver talents are meant, the sum is enormous—at least two million pounds of our money. It was probably more than the whole annual revenue of Palestine at this time”... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:23-35

Matthew 18:23-35 The Unmerciful Servant. The key-notes of this parable are to be found at the beginning and end. It was spoken in order to show that a man should set no limit to the forgiveness of injuries; and in order to show this, the parable goes into the deep things of God. It shows that the motive power which can produce in man an unlimited forgiveness of his brother is God's mercy forgiving himself. At the close it lays down the law that the act or habit of extending forgiveness to a... read more