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 Bible Art

Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Artist: Claude Vignon
 1629    Painting

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The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant appears only in Matthew 18:23-35. The Apostle Peter had asked how many times one should forgive, "Till seven times?" and Jesus answered, "Not seven times but seventy times seven" (Matthew 18:21-22). The context of this passage is Jesus teaching His disciples about the "kingdom of heaven."

The servant whose lord forgave him much, ten thousand talents, equivalent to several millions of dollars, was unwilling to forgive another servant who owed him a hundred denarii. A denarius was a day’s wage and was worth approximately sixteen cents. Therefore, compared to what the first servant was forgiven, this was a very small amount. The principle here is, "the one forgiven much should forgive much." In other words, the principle of forgiveness is that grace or forgiveness to another is without limit. The disciples are not to count the number of times they forgive. Rather, as the parable teaches, they are to forgive much because God has forgiven much.

Parable of the Unjust Steward
Artist: A.N. Mironov
 2021    Painting

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Andrei Nikolayevich Mironov ( born 20 April 1975) is a Russian artist. He is known mainly as a portrait painter, though he also works in the genre of religious painting.

The scripture reference is   Luke 16:1-13 and the subjects are dishonesty, injustice and the treasures in Heaven.