The Parable of "The Unforgiving Servant"

Matthew 18: 23-35

            The parable "The Unforgiving Servant" is Matthew 18: 23-35. "The Unforgiving Servant" is about how a person from a different rank gave mercy to another who is below which is his servant and how the servants servant did not give or show mercy at all. The person of the higher rank is a King and he gave mercy to his servant which owed him money. In order for the King to have given mercy to him the slave pleaded for mercy and said to the King "be patient with me and I will pay all I owe". After the King was through talking to him the servant himself came across his own servant. The King's servant said to his own servant "where is the money you owe?" And with that the servant begged and pleaded and said the same words the King's servant said to the King and yet the servant did not give mercy. Some of the other servants heard what happened and told the King. The King was outraged when heard this and brought forth the servant he gave mercy upon. The King said to his servant "You wicked servant. I cancelled that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?" After the King said that, out of anger he told the guards to torture his servant until his debt had been paid.

            What I think Jesus is trying to tell us in this story is be forgiving. He's trying to say that if you don't forgive you will not be forgiven either. It's also saying show compassion to others so they know and you can show forgiveness. Jesus wants to teach us to be kind, forgiving, compassionate, and loving to one another that way we can receive the same thing back. That's what I think the morale of the parable is.