Matthew 18:32 (DRB)

Passage

Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:

Nearby Context

Matthew 18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the debt.

Matthew 18:31 Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came, and told their lord all that was done.

Matthew 18:32 Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:

Matthew 18:33 Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?

Matthew 18:34 And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he paid all the debt.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "lord", "said", "thou", "wicked", "servant", "forgave", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "Now his fellow servants seeing what was..." into verse 33's "Shouldst not thou then have had compassion...", so "called" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.