The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to reckon, someone was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents, and since he did not have anything to pay with, his sovereign ordered him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and everything that he had, and to pay. Then that slave fell, and, bowing to him, said:
- Sovereign! Be patient with me, and I’ll pay you everything.
The Emperor, having mercy on that slave, released him and forgave him the debt. That servant went out and found one of his companions who owed him a hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and strangled him, saying:
- Give me what you owe.
Then his comrade fell at his feet, begged him and said:
“Be patient with me, and I’ll give you everything.”
But he didn’t want to, but went and put him in prison until he paid off the debt. His comrades, seeing what had happened, were very upset and, when they came, they told their sovereign everything that had happened. Then his sovereign calls him and says:
- Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your companion, just as I had mercy on you?
And, angry, his sovereign handed him over to the torturers until he repaid him with all the debt.
So will My Heavenly Father do to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart for his sins.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru