Unforgiving servant (Parable)

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Name (Hebrew)
משרת לא סלחני (משל)
Name (Latin)
Unforgiving servant (Parable)
Name (Arabic)
الخادم غير المسامح (المثل)
Other forms of name
Unmerciful servant (Parable)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1279250
Library of congress: sh2001010634
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Hudson, C. All that glitters, c2001:t.p. (the parable of the unforgiving servant) p. 29 (Matthew 18:21-35)
  • Oxford companion to the Bible, 1993:p. 569 (Major parables of Jesus, Unforgiving Servant, Matt. 18:23-35)
  • HarperCollins Bible dict., 1996:p. 805 (Parables of Jesus, Unmerciful servant (Matt. 18:23-24))
  • New Westminster dict. of the Bible, 1976:p. 701 (Parables of our Lord (The unmerciful servant, Matt. 18:23-35))

Wikipedia description:

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant (also known as Unforgiving Creditor, Ungrateful Servant, Unmerciful Servant, or Wicked Servant but not to be confused with the parable of the Two Debtors) is a parable of Jesus which appears in the Gospel of Matthew. According to Matthew 18:21–35 it is important to forgive others as we are forgiven by God, as illustrated by the negative example of the unforgiving servant.

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