Matthew the apostle wrote how Jesus said, “Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants, And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that you owe”, and in chapter eighteen and verse twenty-nine of his book, Matthew shares how Jesus shared how “his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, have patience with me” where we read:
And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him,
saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.
The verse reads, “And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, ...”. Matthew began with the words, “and his fellow-servant” or “and the king's servant's associate” “fell down at his feet” which means “prostrated himself at the king's servant's feet”, “and besought him” or “and begged, summoned and entreated the king's servant”. Matthew shared how Jesus said the “fellow-servant” prostrated himself before his companion and humbly begged him.
The verse goes on to say, “saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.” Matthew added the word, “saying” or “uttering, declaring and proclaiming” “have patience” which means “be long-suffering, slow in avenging and and forbearing” “with me” which means “with the fellow-servant”, “and I will pay” or “and the fellow-servant would repay, pay off and produce” “you all” which means “to the king's servant everything that was owed”. Matthew wrote how the “fellow-servant” begged his associate to be “long-suffering” and “patient” with him and he would repay all his debt.
When we meditate upon Matthew's words in this verse, we see how this “fellow-servant's” plea was very similar to the king's servant. When the servant who owed “ten thousand talents” was before the king and knew he would be cast into debtor's prison, he begged the king to have compassion and pity upon him. This “fellow-servant” likewise begged, and the results will be seen in the next verse. Suffice it for now to know the same compassion that was extended to the king's servant should be the compassion he extends toward his “fellow-servant”. God, through His Son Jesus, has forgiven us a debt of sin that we cannot pay, and we should be as compassionate and forgiving toward others in the same manner as God has been to us.
Next time Matthew shares how that servant, “would not: but went and cast him into prison”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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