Di Servant Wey No Forgive

One servant kneel down before one king, dey beg. E owe debt wey big reach di point wey e no go ever fit pay am back. Even if e live one hundred lives. Di king look am. And then e do something wey nobody expect.

Jesus don dey teach im disciples how to settle matter when somebody do dem wrong. And Peter don dey think. So e come with one question, and e think say e dey generous. Lord, how many times I go forgive my brother when e sin against me? Reach seven times? Seven look like plenty. Jesus answer, No be seven times, but seventy-seven times. Some translations talk seventy times seven. Any way wey e be, wetin Jesus mean na: stop to count. And then e tell one story.

Di kingdom of heaven be like one king wey want settle account with im servants. One by one, di servants come with dem records. Then dem bring one man wey owe ten thousand talents. Na money wey big pass imagination, e far pass anything wey any servant fit ever pay back. E no fit pay. So di king order make dem sell am, im wife, im children and everything wey e get, to pay back wetin dem fit pay.

Di servant fall for im knees. Abeg, get patience with me, e beg, and I go pay back everything. Na promise wey no fit happen. E know am. Di king know am. But di king look dis man wey don reach im end, and Jesus talk say pity catch am for heart. E let am go. And e cancel di whole debt. Every last coin. E wipe am comot. Di servant waka comot from di palace as free man.

Outside, e meet one fellow servant wey owe am one hundred denarii. Dat one na real money, like di pay for one hundred days work, but e no near di debt wey dem just forgive am at all. E hold di man for neck. Pay wetin you owe me! Di other servant fall for im feet and talk almost di same exact words. Abeg, get patience with me, and I go pay you back. But e refuse. E make dem throw di man inside prison until e go pay di debt.

Di other servants see everything, and e pain dem well well. Dem go tell di king everything. Di king call di man back. You wicked servant, e talk. I cancel all dat your debt because you beg me. You no suppose to get mercy for your fellow servant, just as I get mercy for you? And for im anger di king hand am over to di jailers until e pay back everything wey e owe. Then Jesus talk something wey serious well well. Na so my Father wey dey heaven go do to each one of una, unless una forgive una brother or sister from una heart.

How big dat first debt be self? One talent na heavy heavy silver, wey worth like six thousand denarii, and one denarius na di pay for one day work for labourer. So ten thousand talents be like sixty million days of work. Ten thousand na also di biggest number wey di Greek language get one word for. E be like say Jesus talk, money wey pass counting. Di second servant owe one hundred denarii. Real money. But if you put am near di first debt, e be like nothing.

Di Servant Wey No Forgive. You go find am for Matthew chapter eighteen, verse twenty-one to thirty-five. Peter want know when e fit stop to forgive. Jesus show am how much dem don already forgive am. People wey know say dem don receive mercy suppose become people wey dey give mercy. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Somebody dey wey you need to forgive from your heart, as you remember how much God don forgive you?