“Then his lord called him to him, and says to him, ‘You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me, should you not also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on you?”
When the lord heard of what had happened he summoned the servant to him. The servant would enter confidently enough. He was totally unaware of the wrong that he had done. His heart was hardened in sin. But then he was brought up short by what he heard. ‘You wicked servant'. And then the full extent of his wickedness was brought home, and that was that although he had received mercy, he was unwilling to show mercy. He would not do to another what had been done to him. Although he had been forgiven, he would not forgive. He had himself begged for mercy, and had received it, but had then mercilessly turned away from another who had begged for mercy.