How fitting an illustration of the love of Christ for the repentant sinner! The servant who had defrauded his master had nothing with which to make restitution. The sinner who has robbed God of years of service has no means of canceling the debt. Jesus interposes between the sinner and God, saying, I will pay the debt. Let the sinner be spared; I will suffer in his stead.

Hvor er dette et slående billede på Kristi kærlighed til den angrende synder! Tjeneren, der havde bedraget sin herre, havde intet at give til erstatning. Synderen, der har berøvet Gud flere års tjeneste, har intet middel til at udslette sin gæld. Jesus træder ind mellem synderen og Gud og siger: Jeg vil betale gælden! Skån synderen! Jeg vil lide i hans sted!