Matthew 18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
We may feel compassion, and some may actually be yearning to forgive but because some are financially stretched to the limit, it becomes very difficult to let the borrower go free, for fear of going into the red because of unpaid debts to ourselves. It is not the will of God, that His people should run such very tight margins, wherever possible, so that if forgiving someone of a debt that is owed becomes necessary, persons simply cannot afford to forgive.
In fact, it is quite possible that this was one of the reasons why the servant found it necessary to choke the man who owed him 100 pence, for he had not the wherewithal to fund forgiveness. This leads us to our fourth observation: [4] The forgiven servant goes out and he chokes his fellowman who only owes him 100 pence.
Because of the tight margins the servant ran, he in desperation now tries to scrape up every penny he is owed, and thus, he is not in a position financially to fund any forgiveness. Therefore, he goes after his borrower with a baseball bat, and takes him by the throat, and throws him in jail, a process that would inevitably include litigation in the courts of the land.
Matthew 18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him one hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, pay me what you owe.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!