24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 18: 21-35

Daily Gospel Exegesis

Logical Bible Study

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🗓️ 16 September 2023

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Matt 18: 21-35 - 'To be forgiven, you must forgive.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 982 (in 'The Power of the Keys') - There is no offense, however serious, that the Church cannot forgive. "There is no one, however wicked and guilty, who may not confidently hope for forgiveness, provided his repentance is honest. Christ who died for all men desires that in his Church the gates of forgiveness should always be open to anyone who turns away from sin.

- 2227 (in 'The Duties of Parents') - Each and everyone should be generous and tireless in forgiving one another for offenses, quarrels, injustices, and neglect. Mutual affection suggests this. The charity of Christ demands it.

- 2843 (in 'as we forgive those who trespass against us') - Thus the Lord's words on forgiveness, the love that loves to the end, become a living reality. the parable of the merciless servant, which crowns the Lord's teaching on ecclesial communion, ends with these words: "So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart." It is there, in fact, "in the depths of the heart," that everything is bound and loosed. It is not in our power not to feel or to forget an offense; but the heart that offers itself to the Holy Spirit turns injury into compassion and purifies the memory in transforming the hurt into intercession.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to Logical Bible Study, where we look at the gospel reading from today's Mass,
0:17.8	and we try to give you a good way of going about understanding the literal
0:22.2	sense of that text, which is where we always want to start as Catholics.
0:26.6	Today we're looking at another one of Jesus' parables, though one that's not as well known.
0:31.7	So let's get into it. It's Matthew Chapter 18, verse 21 to 35.
0:47.5	Peter went up to Jesusesus and said lord how often must i forgive my brother if he wrongs me as often as seven times jesus answered not seven i tell you but 77 times And so the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king
0:58.4	who decides to settle his accounts with his servants. When the reckoning began, they brought him a man
1:05.0	who owed 10,000 talents, but he had no means of paying, so his master gave orders that he should be sold,
1:12.8	together with his wife and children and all his possessions.
1:16.9	To meet the debt.
1:19.3	At this, the servant threw himself down at his master's feet.
1:24.1	Give me time, he said, and I will pay the whole sum.
1:28.5	And the servant's master felt so sorry for him that he let him go and cancelled the debt.
1:36.1	Now, as this servant went out, he happened to meet a fellow servant who owed him 100 dinari,
1:43.2	and he seized him by the throat and began to throttle him.
1:47.0	Pay what you owe me, he said.
1:49.9	His fellow servant fell at his feet and implored him, saying,
1:53.9	Give me time and I will pay you.
1:57.1	But the other would not agree.
1:59.5	On the contrary, he had him thrown into prison till he should
2:02.9	pay the debt. His fellow servants were deeply distressed when they saw what had happened,
2:09.2	and they went to their master and reported the whole affair to him. Then the master sent for
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