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MATTHEW 18:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 18:22Matt 18:24
“Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.”
Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant is the capstone of the Community Discourse, grounding the forgiveness command in the character of the kingdom. A king who settles accounts with servants who owe him money is the starting frame.

Church Fathers on Matthew 18:23

That none should think that the Lord had enjoined something great and burdensome in saying that we must forgive till seventy times seven, He adds a parable.

Chrysostom · 4th century

For it is customary with the Syrians, especially they of Palestine, to add a parable to what they speak; that what their hearers might not retain simply, and in itself, the instance and similitude may be the means of retaining.

Jerome · 4th century

30): The Son of God, as He is wisdom, righteousness, and truth, so is He a kingdom; not indeed any of those which are beneath, but all those which are above, reigning over those in whose senses reigns justice and the other virtues; these are made of heaven because they bear the image of the heavenly. This kingdom of heaven then, i.e. the Son of God, when He was made in the likeness of sinful flesh, was then like to a king, in uniting man to himself.

Origen · 3rd century · (vid. 1 Cor 1
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