forgiveness is useless, but instead it must come from the "heart", with the threat of being refused forgiveness by God if we do not forgive. Similarly St. James writes, "For judgement will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy" (James 2:13). Depictions There have been numerous depictions of this parable in art, including: Domenico Fetti, Parable of the Wicked Servant (c. 1620), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Claude Vignon, Parable of the Unforgiving Servant (1629), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours Willem Drost, The Unmerciful Servant (1655), Wallace Collection, London John Everett Millais, The Unmerciful Servant (1864), Tate Collection See also Five Discourses of Matthew Life of Jesus in the New Testament Ministry of Jesus Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89 References External links Parable Explained - BibleTools.org Parable of the Tortured Debtor - The Brick Testament La Deuda, a short film - from The Salvation Army Unforgiving Servant, Parable of the Gospel of Matthew