»Whereupon his master, touched with compassion, set him free and forgave him the debt.
But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, `Pay me all you owe.'«
At once his master called him and said, »`Wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me:
But neither of them could pay anything; so he freely forgave them both. Tell me, then, which of them will love him most?«
»I suppose,« replied Simon, »the one to whom he forgave most.«»You have judged rightly,« Jesus rejoined.