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Proper 19
Pentecost 17
Ordinary Time 24
7. Unlimited Forgiveness
Matthew 18:21-35
Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, if another member of
the church sins against me, how often should I forgive?
As many
as seven times?" 22Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, but, I
tell you, seventy-seven times.
23"For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to
a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.
24When he
began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was
brought to him; 25and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him
to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his
possessions, and payment to be made.
26So the slave fell on his
knees before him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay
you everything.' 27And out of pity for him, the lord of that
slave released him and forgave him the debt.
28But that same
slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow slaves who
owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat, he
said, 'Pay what you owe.' 29Then his fellow slave fell down and
pleaded with him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.'
30But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he
would pay the debt.
31When his fellow slaves saw what had
happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and
reported to their lord all that had taken place.
32Then his lord
summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked slave!
I forgave you
all that debt because you pleaded with me.
33Should you not have
had mercy on your fellow slave,
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as I had mercy on you?' 34And in anger his lord handed him over
to be tortured until he would pay his entire debt.
35So my
heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not
forgive your brother or sister from your heart."
The parable uses the analogy of a reverse comparison.
On
the one hand a huge, almost inconceivable debt is forgiven.
The
amount of the debt of the first character in the parable is
staggering.
To the person hearing the parable it would be
scarcely possible to imagine a debt so monumental, perhaps as
hard as to try to imagine today the size of the national debt in
the United States.
The second character has a relatively trivial debt.
It is
more the size one might run up on a credit card.
Such a debt
today would hardly bring a person to the court to declare
bankruptcy.
Most institutions would be ready to try to work out
some process for repaying the debt a little at a time rather than
have the person go bankrupt.
Such is the scenario which Jesus used to contrast two
situations of forgiveness in the parable.
Context
Context of Matthew 18
Chapter 18 contains another block of teaching material
inserted by Matthew into the general chronology of the Gospel
according to Mark.
The chapter is sometimes referred to as the
teachings about the church.
It follows immediately after Jesus'
teaching about how to handle disagreements in the church.
That
teaching apparently prompted Peter to ask a question about
forgiveness and it became the occasion for Jesus to tell the
parable of the unforgiving servant.
Context of the Lectionary
The First Lesson.
(Exodus 14:19-31) The story is told of
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the Egyptians following after the Israelites, who were led and
protected by the Lord.
When the Egyptians entered into the sea
in pursuit of the Israelites, Moses let the waters return and
engulf the Egyptians.
Thus the Israelites were delivered and the
mighty works of God were made manifest.
The Second Lesson.
(Romans 14:1-12) Paul deals here with
the issue of judging.
He begins with a plea to recognize the
weak in faith and not to use this for an occasion for quarreling
over differences.
He then proceeds to the problem of the members
of the church judging one another.
He is concerned about the
disruption of the fellowship within the church.
The issue is one
of self-righteousness over a question about the significance of
which day is best for worship.
He ends by calling the members of
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