Matthew 18:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

His lord commanded him to be sold. — The framework of the parable was necessarily drawn from human laws, and, except as indicating the sentence of condemnation passed upon the sinner himself, there is no occasion of pressing the details as we unfold the spiritual meaning that lies below the imagery.

Matthew 18:25

25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.