Matthew 18:33 WEB

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:33

Matthew 18:33 Forgiveness: one Law for Lord and Servant. This is a parable to show us that our life must be a repetition of the life of God. It is not a title to a mansion in the skies, nor even possession of that, which can make us Christians. It is possession of God's life. We are to be perfect, even as our Father in heaven is perfect. We are to forgive, even as God forgives, and to be compassionate, as He is compassionate. I. Our Lord had been talking of discipline, of giving and forgiving... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 18:32-35

DISCOURSE: 1383THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANTMatthew 18:32-35. Then his lord, after 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 fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:1-35

Now at the same time there came disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ( Matthew 18:1 )Oh, boy how they longed for this. You're talking about motivation, and the disciples were not pure in their motivations. They were always wrangling about well, I am going to be bigger than you. I'll be better then you. I have a better place than you, and their motivations were not always the purest. And they, many times, were arguing about these things, the greatest. In... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 18:1-35

Matthew 18:1 . Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? The comparative μειζων greater, is put here for the superlative. By the kingdom of heaven, they meant the worldly glory of the church in the present life, as when they asked, “Lord wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” Acts 1:6. Our Saviour’s having promised the keys to Peter, though the power of remission was afterwards equally given to all, as in Matthew 18:18, might have suggested some idea of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 18:23-35

Matthew 18:23-35Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.The unmerciful servantI. That we are all God’s debtors. Debt in the New Testament is a common figure for sin; but duty is a moral thing, not a commercial. It is used figuratively to denote an obligation which one has failed to meet. Let us compare our character with the requirements of God’s law.II. That none of us has anything wherewith to pay his debt to God. Few will admit... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 18:33

33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? Ver. 33. Shouldst not thou also, &c. ] Which because he did not, his patent was called in again into the pardoning office, and he deservedly turned over to the tormentor. God will set off his own and all hearts else, from a merciless man, from a griping oppressor, as he did from Haman; not a man opened his mouth to intercede for him, when he fell before that Jewess, the queen. "For he shall... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 18:33

even: Matthew 5:44, Matthew 5:45, Luke 6:35, Luke 6:36, Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, Colossians 3:13 Reciprocal: Exodus 23:9 - ye know Deuteronomy 15:15 - General Psalms 18:25 - With the Psalms 109:16 - he remembered Lamentations 2:2 - swallowed Jonah 4:11 - should Zechariah 11:6 - I will no Matthew 5:7 - are Luke 10:33 - he had 1 Peter 3:8 - having 1 John 4:11 - General read more

Daniel Whedon

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

GOSPEL LAW OF FORGIVENESS ILLUSTRATED BY THE PARABLE OF THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT, 21-35. This parable enforces the rule just laid down by our Lord to Peter. It draws a contrast between God’s patient forgiveness and man’s unpitying cruelty. It warns us of the terrible penalty of incurring God’s justice by our merciless dealing with our fellow-beings. read more