The poor fellow pleads to be given more time to pay back, but the man refuses and gets him arrested. When the king heard this ...

This parable, peculiar to Matthew, is one of the sternest passages in the Gospel. It reinforces the duty of forgiveness by appealing to another motive: the measure of mercy shown by man to his ...

The so-called parable of the talents in the Gospel of Matthew has perhaps become too familiar. One might read this passage and arrive at the rushed conclusion to avoid laziness and multiply the gifts ...

Pastor Keller (Hope in Times of Fear) delivers a thorough and eloquent apologetic for forgiveness. Keller anchors his study in the Christian parable of the unforgiving servant, in which a king ...

This is Dutch artist Willem de Poorter’s depiction of the rich man in the Parable of the Talents evincing his displeasure toward the servant who had failed to put his money to the proper use. De ...

VATICAN CITY — We cannot demand God’s forgiveness for ourselves unless we are prepared to forgive our neighbors, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. Speaking from a window overlooking St.