1. This story is about two servants, and a king. The main character would be the servant who the king forgave, because not only is he the main character of that story, but of the one where he forces the other servant to pay his debt. He is the objective of the whole story, while the second servant is only there for the second part of the story, and while the king is also there for the whole story, the first servant is there for all 3 parts of the parable.
2. The king decides to forgive the first servant of his debt because the first servant begged on his knees in front of the king, saying that he would pay it back. The king demands that all the servants possessions be sold, along with his wife and kids. When the servant comes to beg for forgiveness, perhaps the king felt bad and decides to forgive him.
3. The servant does not follow the example and forgive the debt because he is a servant, not a king. The king already has many possessions and although the servant owes him a lot of money, he already has a lot of it to begin with. The servant, is, after all a servant so he is already poor, so he feels the need to collect the money that the other one owes him.
4. The kingdom of God is forgiving, however if you abuse that, you could end up in a worse place after all. When you first get there, you can be forgiven of all your sins, but abuse that power and you could end up below and in more pain then you could imagine.
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