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1. The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
One day a king decided to call in his officials
and ask them to give an account of what they
owed him.
La parabole du serviteur qui refuse de pardonner
Un jour, un roi décida de régler ses comptes
avec ses serviteurs.

2. As he was doing this, one official
was brought in who owed him a
very large sum of money. But he
didn’t have any money to pay
what he owed. The king ordered
him to be sold, along with his
wife and children and all he
owned, in order to pay the debt.
Il commençait à le faire,
quand on lui en amena un
qui lui devait une énorme
somme d'argent. Cet homme
n'avait pas de quoi rendre
cet argent ; alors son maître
donna l'ordre de le vendre
comme esclave et de vendre
aussi sa femme, ses enfants
et tout ce qu'il possédait,
afin de rembourser ainsi la
dette.

3. The official got down on his knees and began
begging, “Have pity on me, and I will pay you
every cent I owe!” The king felt sorry for him
and let him go free. He even told the official
that he did not have to pay back the money.
Le serviteur se jeta à genoux devant son
maître et lui dit : «Prends patience envers
moi et je te paierai tout !» Le maître en
eut pitié : il annula sa dette et le laissa
partir.

4. As the official was leaving, he happened to meet
another official, who owed him a small amount
of money. So he grabbed the man by the throat.
He started choking him and said, “Pay me what
you owe!”
The man got down on his knees and began
begging, “Have pity on me, and I will pay you
back.” But the first official refused to have pity.
Instead, he went and had the other official put
in jail until he could pay what he owed.
Le serviteur sortit et rencontra un de ses
compagnons de service qui lui devait une très
petite somme d'argent. Il le saisit à la gorge et
le serrait à l'étouffer en disant : «Paie ce que tu
me dois !»
Son compagnon se jeta à ses pieds et dit :
«Prends patience envers moi et je te paierai !»
Mais l'autre refusa et il le fit jeter en prison en
attendant qu'il ait payé sa dette.

5. When some other officials found out what
had happened, they told the king what the
first official did. The king called the first
official back in and said, “You’re an evil man!
When you begged for mercy, I said you did
not have to pay back a cent. Don’t you think
you should show pity to someone else, as I
did to you?” The king then ordered the official
to be punished until he could pay back
everything he owed.
Quand les autres serviteurs virent ce qui était
arrivé, ils allèrent tout raconter à leur maître.
Alors le maître fit venir ce serviteur et lui dit :
«Méchant serviteur ! j'ai annulé toute ta
dette parce que tu m'as supplié de le faire. Tu
devais toi aussi avoir pitié de ton compagnon,
comme j'ai eu pitié de toi.» Le maître était
fort en colère et il envoya le serviteur aux
travaux forcés en attendant qu'il ait payé
toute sa dette. »

6. Be kind and forgive each
other, just like God forgives
you.
Soyez bons les uns pour les
autres ; pardonnez-vous
réciproquement, comme Dieu
vous a pardonné.
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Art © The Family International & Clipart. Bible story from Matthew 18:23-34.