态度和行动
这个比喻讲述了一个在天国中不会做人的严酷故事。实际上，我们若像不饶恕的仆人那样，就不能进入或住在神的国。这一教训的确很严厉，但这主要是针对不肯饶恕他人的仆人而言。
这个比喻以“天国好像一个王”开始，以“我天父也要这样待你们了”结束。因此，尽管这也可称作无怜悯仆人的比喻，但实际上却是饶恕人的王和父的比喻。这个王满有怜悯，免了仆人一大笔债，这让我们想起，我们的主，我们的王免了我们的罪债。这个比喻提醒我们，神既有怜悯，又饶恕人，耶稣教导我们应该像那个王一样。我们也应当怜悯人，饶恕人——发自内心地——正如神怜悯了我们，饶恕了我们。
神知道这是一项有挑战、艰难的任务！当别人伤害了我们，我们往往想还击回去。然而，正如罗马书 12:19提醒的，神说：“申冤在我，我必报应。”
所以我们被呼召去饶恕。实际上，我们若饶恕他人，也就得以自由地去爱和关怀他们了。
神啊，我们的王，祈求你赦免我们的债，如同我们免了人的债。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
马太福音 18:23-35
23 天国好像一个王要和他仆人算帐。
24 才算的时候，有人带了一个欠一千万银子的来。
25 因为他没有什么偿还之物，主人吩咐把他和他妻子儿女并一切所有的都卖了偿还。
26 那仆人就俯伏拜他，说：‘主啊，宽容我！将来我都要还清。’
27 那仆人的主人就动了慈心，把他释放了，并且免了他的债。
28 “那仆人出来，遇见他的一个同伴欠他十两银子，便揪着他，掐住他的喉咙，说：‘你把所欠的还我！’
29 他的同伴就俯伏央求他，说：‘宽容我吧！将来我必还清。’
30 他不肯，竟去把他下在监里，等他还了所欠的债。
31 众同伴看见他所做的事，就甚忧愁，去把这事都告诉了主人。
32 于是主人叫了他来，对他说：‘你这恶奴才！你央求我，我就把你所欠的都免了。
33 你不应当怜恤你的同伴，像我怜恤你吗？’
34 主人就大怒，把他交给掌刑的，等他还清了所欠的债。
35 你们各人若不从心里饶恕你的弟兄，我天父也要这样待你们了。”
Attitude And Action
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.” — Matthew 18:23
This parable presents a stark story of how not to act in the kingdom of heaven. In fact, acting like the unforgiving servant would prevent us from entering or remaining in the kingdom! This teaching is harsh indeed—but that is mainly a reflection on the actions of the servant who refuses to forgive another.
The parable starts out with the words “The kingdom of heaven is like a king,” and it ends with “this is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless...” So although this may be called the parable of the unmerciful servant, it is actually a parable about the forgiving King and Father of us all. The king is merciful in forgiving the large debt, which reminds us that the Lord, our King, has canceled our debt of sin. This parable reminds us that God is both merciful and forgiving, and Jesus is teaching that we should be like the King. We are to be merciful and forgiving—from the heart—just as God is merciful and forgives us.
God knows this is a challenging and difficult task! When we have been hurt by others, we usually want to hurt them back. But, as we are reminded in Romans 12:19, God says, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay.”
So we are called to forgive. And when we forgive others, we are actually freed to love and care about them too.
God, our King, forgive us our debts, we pray, as we forgive our debtors. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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