Even as I had pity on thee. — The comparison of the two acts, the implied assumption that the pity of the one act would be after the pattern of the other, was, we may believe, designed to lead the disciples to the true meaning of the prayer they had been taught to use, “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”
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Matthew 18:33
33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?