This passage speaks of the process of seeking reconciliation for a brother or sister who sins against you. We are accountable to each other for the good of each other and for the glory of God. The Bible tells us to go to the one who offended us, with the goal of repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation. You shall forgive the offender as if they have never offended you if they hear what you say to them. We are not to limit our forgiveness. In the parable of the unforgiving servant, the servant owed the king an unimaginable amount of money--about eight lifetime’s worth of pay. The servant cries out for grace and mercy as his only hope. The king moved with compassion, had pity on the servant, and forgave the servant his whole debt. God in the same way, has mercy on us because of His great love, and forgives us of our debt. We are never able to repay the debt we owe, so we must cry out to God for mercy. It is only by faith that we can receive God’s mercy as a gift. The servant then found a fellow servant, and held against him a debt so much less than what he was just forgiven. We have been forgiven so much from God, but do we then hold on to small debts against our brothers and sisters? We often struggle with forgiving others for things that we too have offended others with. We need God to reveal the Gospel to us and to show us how much we have been forgiven of so that we may then in turn forgive others. We must be humbled in order to forgive. Show mercy to others as God has shown mercy to you. Forgive from your heart, not just with words. If you forgive men their trespasses against you, your Father in Heaven will forgive you.