Jewish law permitted a man to be sold only to make good a theft. The call then is to discover that we too must forgive, even as we have forgiven. Preaching in Britain several years ago and weeks after a sermon on forgiveness I had dinner with a family who were in that church. The wife began by thanking me for the sermon and then said that very day she had called a person with whom she had been at odds and asked for forgiveness. O no, hon, you didn't.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Most of us want to hold onto our grudges and nurse our wounds. In a quote that I find to be sad, ironic and very compelling, Ronald Reagan was heard to quip just as he was leaving the presidency. I have Irish Alzheimer's. I remember only my grudges. I recently had the opportunity to visit with a friend.