Bible Study Questions – Matthew 18.21-35
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
Q1 Do you think St Andrew was a particularly annoying individual? (See verse 21 in NIV!)
Q2 What is the point of Peter’s question? Does it deserve an answer? What answer would you give a child who asked this?
Q3 Jesus’ initial reply (v22) may be deliberately echoing Genesis 4.24. Some commentators also think he might have had the year of Jubilee in mind (see Leviticus 25.8ff). How do these OT references help us understand the point of Jesus’ parable?
Q4 What do you think is the main point of the parable?
Q5 Has Jesus given a satisfactory answer to Peter’s question?
Q6 Why is there such a contrast in the amounts of money involved in the two debts?
Q7 What should we make of verses 34 and 35? Is God merciful or not (18.33, Luke 6.35-36)?
Q8 What is the relationship between knowing ourselves as “forgiven”, and our showing forgiveness to others? (See also Luke 7.47 and Matthew 6.12)
Q9 Do we demand standards of behaviour from others which we are unwilling to appl to ourselves?
Q10 How can we learn to have a merciful attitude to others?
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