Gurl math, teehee!___JOKE-OGRAPHY:1.This Bible story takes place a little after Jesus promises to establish a church. In Matthew 18, He talks about how to deal with sinners with both correction and forgiveness. In Matthew 18:21-35, Peter asks Jesus what the limit should be on forgiving a sinner, and in response, Jesus tells him a parable about a servant who owes a king 10,000 talents (or 60 million denarii/days wages). The king considers selling the servant and his family to make up SOME of the debt, but the servant begs for mercy, asking for more time to repay the king. Of course, he could never repay such a debt in his lifetime. Yet, moved with pity, the king doesn’t give him time, but instead forgives the whole debt, wiping it away.Later, the forgiven servant bumps into someone who owes him 100 denarii and throttles him, demanding repayment. The man begs the servant for mercy and time, just like the servant begged the king, but the servant refuses and has the man thrown in debtors prison, to labor until his debt is paid. Some witnesses who heard about the servant’s forgiven debt run to the king and tell him about the servant’s cruelty. The king summons the servant and chastises him. The servant’s debt of 60,000,000 denarii was forgiven, yet he couldn’t forgive a measly 100? For his injustice, the king revokes his mercy and reinstates the servant’s enormous debt, and the servant is thrown into debtors prison himself.At the end of the story, Jesus is very clear about the meaning: God is ready to forgive us the infinite debt of sin; if we accept that forgiveness, how can we withhold forgiveness from those whose debts against us are so much smaller?
Many ancient religions practiced debt forgiveness, it was the earliest form of financial regulation we know of
In this cartoon, we just take some time to savor the first part of the parable and the immensity of the servant’s debt. Some Bibles translate the debts in the story as “a huge amount” and “a much smaller amount,” respectively, instead of using the literal numbers, but I think that misses the comedy of comparing 60 MILLION denarii and a mere 100. A denarius was a day’s wage for a regular laborer, but let’s just imagine each one is a dollar. Even then, can you imagine having a $60,000,000 debt erased only to go beat up your friend for borrowing $100 from you? It’s laughable. Scoffable! I scoff at it! HA!But as I scoff at the text, I suddenly seeThe words are a mirror; I’m scoffing at ME.Ain’t that just the way? (https://youtu.be/ltQ0IX-msZU)3. In this cartoon, the servant is much more flippant about the amount he owes than he is in the actual parable. It’s funny to imagine a guy who owes 60 MILLION DAYS’ WAGES using phrases like, “Aw, shucks, I musta lost track,” or, “Yeah, my wife says I need to write down a budget,” or, “Guess I gotta cut back on the fast food, huh?” as if he wasted a single paycheck on McDonalds and didn’t blow – once again for those who arrived late – 164-THOUSAND-YEARS-WORTH OF MONEY.
>>155431493The funny thing about this story nobody ever points out is that that is SO human nature.It doesn't matter that you just got your debt forgiven, you're still RATTLED from the debt existing, and potentially being held accountable for it, that you quickly go drain someone else who owes YOU, just so you have as much as you can for the next danger that your dumb animal brain is telling you is right around the corner.
>>155431493i like her comics about joan of arc
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>>1554319561. Try to avoid being a hypocritical dick.2. The rest is fluff.
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>>155431756Which is why it's a good thing the Lord is so forgiving, for He knows we sure aren't.
