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MATTHEW 18:34 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 18:33Matt 18:35
“And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.”
And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. The reversal of the forgiveness: the master who forgave the debt in pity now delivers the unforgiving servant to the jailers for the full debt. The anger that drives the reversal is the anger of violated covenant relationship — the king who forgave generously is not receiving the gratitude and imitation that the generosity deserved.

Church Fathers on Matthew 18:34

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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