Matthew 18:21-35: Forgiven and Forgiving

Peter recognizes that Jesus has been teaching about forgiveness, but he has not yet grasped the abundance of God’s mercy. Jesus calls His disciples to forgive freely without measure because God has forgiven us freely without measure. To illustrate this, Jesus tells a parable of a servant whose astronomical debt is forgiven by his master. When that same servant has a fellow servant who owes him a…