Forgiveness is one of the main emphases in Jesus’ teaching. It is no wonder, then, that forgiveness is part of the short prayer that Jesus taught his disciples.
Man’s obligation to be forgiving has perhaps never been more powerfully expressed than in Jesus’ parable of the Unforgiving Servant (Matt. 18:23-35). Although the king’s servant had been forgiven an enormous debt by the king, he was unwilling to forgive a small debt that a fellow servant owed to him. Would the king show mercy to this unmerciful servant? He most certainly would not.
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Sir, the reference cited above at the end of the article is Luke 23:43, not verse 34.
God’s peace,
the Rev. Bill Midgett
A mistake easily made and, fortunately, easily corrected. Thank you for spotting the error.
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