Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’
Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he would pay his entire debt.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.