Mt 18, 21-35
En aquel tiempo, Pedro se acercó a Jesús y le preguntó: “Si mi hermano me ofende, ¿cuántas veces tengo que perdonarlo? ¿Hasta siete veces?” Jesús le contestó: “No sólo hasta siete, sino hasta setenta veces siete”.
Entonces Jesús les dijo: “El Reino de los cielos es semejante a un rey que quiso ajustar cuentas con sus servidores. El primero que le presentaron le debía diez mil talentos. Como no tenía con qué pagar, el señor mandó que lo vendieran a él, a su mujer, a sus hijos y todas sus posesiones, para saldar la deuda. El servidor, arrojándose a sus pies, le suplicaba diciendo: ‘Ten paciencia conmigo y te lo pagaré todo’. El rey tuvo lástima de aquel servidor, lo soltó y hasta le perdonó la deuda.
Pero, apenas había salido aquel servidor, se encontró con uno de sus compañeros, que le debía poco dinero. Entonces lo agarró por el cuello y casi lo estrangulaba, mientras le decía: ‘Págame lo que me debes’. El compañero se le arrodilló y le rogaba: ‘Ten paciencia conmigo y te lo pagaré todo’. Pero el otro no quiso escucharlo, sino que fue y lo metió en la cárcel hasta que le pagara la deuda.
Al ver lo ocurrido, sus compañeros se llenaron de indignación y fueron a contar al rey lo sucedido. Entonces el señor lo llamó y le dijo: ‘Siervo malvado. Te perdoné toda aquella deuda porque me lo suplicaste. ¿No debías tú también haber tenido compasión de tu compañero, como yo tuve compasión de ti?’ Y el señor, encolerizado, lo entregó a los verdugos para que no lo soltaran hasta que pagara lo que debía.
Pues lo mismo hará mi Padre celestial con ustedes, si cada cual no perdona de corazón a su hermano”.
Entonces Jesús les dijo: “El Reino de los cielos es semejante a un rey que quiso ajustar cuentas con sus servidores. El primero que le presentaron le debía diez mil talentos. Como no tenía con qué pagar, el señor mandó que lo vendieran a él, a su mujer, a sus hijos y todas sus posesiones, para saldar la deuda. El servidor, arrojándose a sus pies, le suplicaba diciendo: ‘Ten paciencia conmigo y te lo pagaré todo’. El rey tuvo lástima de aquel servidor, lo soltó y hasta le perdonó la deuda.
Pero, apenas había salido aquel servidor, se encontró con uno de sus compañeros, que le debía poco dinero. Entonces lo agarró por el cuello y casi lo estrangulaba, mientras le decía: ‘Págame lo que me debes’. El compañero se le arrodilló y le rogaba: ‘Ten paciencia conmigo y te lo pagaré todo’. Pero el otro no quiso escucharlo, sino que fue y lo metió en la cárcel hasta que le pagara la deuda.
Al ver lo ocurrido, sus compañeros se llenaron de indignación y fueron a contar al rey lo sucedido. Entonces el señor lo llamó y le dijo: ‘Siervo malvado. Te perdoné toda aquella deuda porque me lo suplicaste. ¿No debías tú también haber tenido compasión de tu compañero, como yo tuve compasión de ti?’ Y el señor, encolerizado, lo entregó a los verdugos para que no lo soltaran hasta que pagara lo que debía.
Pues lo mismo hará mi Padre celestial con ustedes, si cada cual no perdona de corazón a su hermano”.
GospelMT 18:21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
"Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?"
Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who decided to settle accounts with his servants.
When he began the accounting,
a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount.
Since he had no way of paying it back,
his master ordered him to be sold,
along with his wife, his children, and all his property,
in payment of the debt.
At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.'
Moved with compassion the master of that servant
let him go and forgave him the loan.
When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants
who owed him a much smaller amount.
He seized him and started to choke him, demanding,
'Pay back what you owe.'
Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
But he refused.
Instead, he had him put in prison
until he paid back the debt.
Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened,
they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master
and reported the whole affair.
His master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant!
I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.
Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant,
as I had pity on you?'
Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers
until he should pay back the whole debt.
So will my heavenly Father do to you,
unless each of you forgives your brother from your heart."
"Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?"
Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who decided to settle accounts with his servants.
When he began the accounting,
a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount.
Since he had no way of paying it back,
his master ordered him to be sold,
along with his wife, his children, and all his property,
in payment of the debt.
At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.'
Moved with compassion the master of that servant
let him go and forgave him the loan.
When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants
who owed him a much smaller amount.
He seized him and started to choke him, demanding,
'Pay back what you owe.'
Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
But he refused.
Instead, he had him put in prison
until he paid back the debt.
Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened,
they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master
and reported the whole affair.
His master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant!
I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.
Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant,
as I had pity on you?'
Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers
until he should pay back the whole debt.
So will my heavenly Father do to you,
unless each of you forgives your brother from your heart."
Meditacion:
La mayoria de los textos que he leido sobre este pasaje del evangelio se refieren a perdonar al que nos hizo dano.. lo confieso, siempre tuve problema entendiendo el perdon.
Y fue hasta hace muy pocos anos que leyendo el Bhagavad Gita, el famoso texto hindu comprendi el valor del perdon.
Lo primero y lo mas esencial es entender que el perdon nos hace iguales. Sencillamente todos pecamos, todos le erramos, nadie esta libre o es tan perfecto que jamas cometera un pecado.
Por un lado esta el que peca y por el otro el que se considera afectado por ese dano.
Veamos por partes. Primero.. si vivo en la gracia de Dios, nada me danara porque en mi vision del mundo todo lo veo a traves de la gracia o sea que nada me danara y si algo lo hace, lo comprendere como parte de mi crecimiento en la gracia y lo aceptare. Puede resultar una vision un poco inocente pero funciona.
Por el otro lado, tengo al pecador, al que comete la falta, contra mi o contra si mismo o contra cualquiera.. aca hay dos caminos claros.
Por un lado, Cristo ya pago por nuestros pecados y nos garantizo el perdon si nos arrepentimos.
Esta parte siempre me parecio como que "mientras me arrepienta tengo una cantidad ilimitada de posibilidades de pecar" bueno.. si y no.. cuando uno se confiesa no solo tiene que haber arrepentimiento sino tambien deseo de no volver a cometer esa falta.
Entonces cuando perdonamos no podemos en este contexto ponernos en un nivel "superior" al que cometio el pecado.. simplemente, estare siendo vanidoso y sera mi orgullo el que reclamara el perdon.
El perdon es la ocasion de ejercer la misericordia, el "amor que viene del corazon" y nos debe igualar, el perdon iguala al perdonado y al que perdona.
Ese perdón desde un nivel de superioridad no sirve y no es el adecuado, el perdón pasa por comprender que todos cometemos errores en esta vida y todos estamos aprendiendo.
Seamos felices hoy perdonando a mi hermano pero también perdonándome a mi mismo en mis errores. Amen
Most of the texts I have read about this passage of the gospel refer to forgive the one who hurt us ... I confess, I always had a problem understanding forgiveness.
And it was only a few years ago that by reading the Bhagavad Gita, the famous Hindu text understood the value of forgiveness.
The first and most essential is to understand that forgiveness makes us equal. We all simply sin, we all err, no one is free or is so perfect that he will never commit a sin.
On the one hand there is the one who sins and on the other the one who considers himself affected by that damage.
Let's see in parts. First ... if I live in the grace of God, nothing will harm me because in my vision of the world I see everything through grace, that is, nothing will harm me and if something does, I will understand it as part of my growth in grace and I will accept it. It may seem a bit innocent but it works.
On the other hand, I have the sinner, the one who commits the fault, against me or against himself or against anyone ... here are two clear paths.
On the one hand, Christ already paid for our sins and we guarantee forgiveness if we repent.
This part always seemed to me that "while I repent I have an unlimited number of possibilities of sinning" well .. yes and no ... when one confesses not only there must be repentance but also desire not to commit that lack again.
So when we forgive we can not in this context put ourselves on a "higher" level than the one who committed the sin ... simply, I will be vain and it will be my pride that will claim forgiveness.
Forgiveness is the occasion to exercise mercy, the "love that comes from the heart" and must equal us, forgiveness equals forgiveness and forgiveness.
That forgiveness from a level of superiority does not work and is not the right one, forgiveness means understanding that we all make mistakes in this life and we are all learning.
Let's be happy today by forgiving my brother but also forgiving myself in my mistakes. Amen
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