Trying to follow the saga of the banks that are “forgiven their debts,” and bailed out with taxpayer dollars, then refuse to forgive their own debtors, and proceed to foreclose on and evict homeowners by the tens of millions, puts me in mind of the analogous parable of Jesus, as related in Matthew 18:23-35. A king had threatened to have sold into slavery a servant who owed him $10,000, but the servant pleaded with him for patience, promising to pay him all. The king was moved with compassion, and forgave him the debt. But that servant then went out and collared a lesser servant, who owed him $100, and though the lesser servant pleaded with him for compassion, and promised to pay him all, the former threw the latter into prison. But when fellow-servants saw what was done, they went to their king and complained, and the king was wroth, and said, “Shouldn’t you have had compassion on your fellow-servant, even as I had pity on you?” and then turned him over to his tormentors.
But we are still waiting for that last bit of retribution.
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