οὐκ ἔδει; was it not your duty? an appeal to the sense of decency and gratitude. καὶ σὲ … ἠλέησα. There was condescension in putting the two cases together as parallel. Ten thousand acts of forgiveness such as the culprit was asked to perform would not have equalled in amount one act such as he had got the benefit of. The fact in the spiritual sphere corresponds to this.

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Old Testament