GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 18:21-35
In this passage Peter is concerned about personal offences and wrongs done by brother. These petty wrongs are within the power of the individual to forgive. Greater mistakes and wrongs are only forgiven by people in authority or by God himself. So also the public offences have to be treated in public. Here Peter is concerned with personal and little offences.
God keeps an account (Deu. 32:34), because he is the Judge, and vengeance is his; but we must not, lest we be found stepping into his throne. It is necessary to the preservation of peace, both within and without, to pass by injuries, without reckoning how often; to forgive, and forget. God multiplies his pardons, and so should we, Ps. 77:38, 40. It intimates that we should make it our constant practice to forgive injuries, and should accustom ourselves to it till it becomes habitual.
பேதுரு தனக்கு எதிராக செய்யப்பட்ட சிறு குறைகளைப் பற்றியும் தவறுகளைப்பற்றியும் பேசுகிறார். தீர்ப்பிட வேண்டியது கடவுளுடைய செயல். கடவுளுடைய இடத்தை நாம் எடுக்கக் கூடாது. சிறு சிறு குற்றங்களையும் தவறுகளையும் மன்னிப்பது நமக்கு இயல்பாக வேண்டும்.
