Matthew 18:35 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. ”

• Matthew 18:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  So likewise ... - This verse contains the sum or moral of the parable. When Christ has explained one of his own parables, we are to receive it just as he has explained it, and not attempt to draw...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Duty of Forgiveness Illustrated by the Parable of the Ungrateful Servant. With Matthew 18:21 cf. Luke 17:4 , which makes repentance a condition. The Rabbis taught ( Yoma, 86 b) that...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  heavenly. Greek. epouranios. Elsewhere Greek. ouranios. See Matthew 6:14 ; Matthew 6:26 ; Matthew 6:32 ; Matthew 15:13 . Luke 2:13 . Acts 26:19 . trespasses. See App-128.

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• Matthew 18:35 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1383 THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT Matthew 18:32-35 . Then his lord, after he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: s...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you - The goodness...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. So likewise, [ Houtoos ( G3779 ) kai ( G2532 ), in...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Offending the Little Ones. The Unmerciful Servant 1-14. Ambition reproved, and humility taught by the example of a little child ( Mark 9:33-37 ; Luke 9:46-48 ).

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• Matthew 18:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  My heavenly Father. — The adjective is slightly different in form from that commonly used, suggesting rather the thought of the “Father in heaven.” Do also unto you. — The words cut through the...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Forgiven yet Unforgiving Matthew 18:21-35 Seventy times seven is illimitable forgiveness. These numbers denote the perfection of perfection; and if God asks so much of us, what is He not...

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• Matthew 18:35 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  What a sad state of heart prompted this question! How absolutely opposed to the whole genius of the Master's teaching and example! He replied by an act, and a statement growing out of that act. The c...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? (22) Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until se...

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• Matthew 18:35 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT ‘So likewise shall My heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.’ Matthew 18:35 There are moments in...

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• Matthew 18:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So likewise shall my heavenly Father ,.... This is the accommodation and application of the parable, and opens the design and intent of it; showing that God, who is Christ's Father, that is in heave...

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• Matthew 18:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Ver. 35. If ye from your hearts forgive not ] Forget as well as f...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When his fellow-servants saw what was done When they beheld such inhumanity, in such circumstances, and from such a man; they were very sorry Exceedingly grieved at such an instance of unexampled...

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• Matthew 18:35 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Though the Lord Jesus has been seen to forego His own rights, He who is by right infinitely great, the disciples show the opposite attitude in desiring some rights above those of others in the kingdo...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christian Worshippers Encouraged; The Cruel Creditor.       21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin again...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 23-35. All these verses (except the last) are but a parable, which (as I before showed) is a similitude brought from the usual actions of men, and made use of to open or apply some spiritual doc...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.” The story ends with an application. This is how His Heavenly Father will behave (not the tortu...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 18:22 . Until seventy times seven .—That is, as often as there is a cause—a certain number is put for an uncertain ( John Wesley ). Matthew 18:24 . Ten thousand talents...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Matthew 18:23-35 The Unmerciful Servant. The key-notes of this parable are to be found at the beginning and end. It was spoken in order to show that a man should set no limit to the forgiveness of...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 18:1 . Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? The comparative μειζων greater, is put here for the superlative. By the kingdom of heaven, they meant the worldly glory of the church...

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• Matthew 18:35 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. The unmerciful servant I. That we are all God’s debtors. Debt in the New Testament is a...

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• Matthew 18:35 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 18:1-40 Discourse concerning the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and the mutual duties of Christians . ( Mark 9:33-41 ; Luke 9:46-42 .) Matthew 18:1-40 The...

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• Matthew 18:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The application: So likewise shall My heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Christ here opens up the meaning of the entire pa...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  James 2:13 ; James 3:14 ; James 4:8 ; Jeremiah 3:10 ; Luke 16:15 ; Luke 6:37 ; Luke 6:38 ; Mark 11:26 ; Matthew 6:12 ; Matthew 6:14 ; Matthew 6:15 ; Matthew 7:1 ; Matthew 7:2 ; Proverbs...

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• Matthew 18:35 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  God's Forgiveness for Sins Matthew 6:14-15 ; Matthew 18:21-35 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The question which the words of our first text propound, is, Is forgiveness conditional? In answering this...

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