There was a certain king, who wished to settle up his accounts with his servants; and when he had begun to reckon with them, one was brought before him who owed him ten thousand talents.
It was quite impossible for the servant to pay, and as he had not the money, the king commanded that he and all his family should be sold, and payment made.
Then the servant fell at the king's feet and besought him to have pity, and he would try to pay it all.
And the king was sorry for him, and had compassion, and forgave every bit of it, and set him free!
But what do you think that forgiven servant did?
He found one of his fellow-servants who owed him a hundred pence; and he seized him, and said, "Pay me what thou owest!"
And the poor fellow-servant said, "Have patience with me, and I will pay you all!"
But the servant who had been forgiven, would not; but cast his fellow-servant into prison till he should pay the debt.
So the other servants were very sorry, and went and told their Lord all about it.
And the king called that unforgiving servant, and said to him: "I forgave thee all that debt; shouldest not thou have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?"