In Matthew 18, Jesus gives us the understanding of Purgatory.
Purgatory is the basis for Matt 18:21-35.
Purgatory, by default, says that the blood of Jesus is not enough to forgive and cleanse us from sin.
What blasphemy.
Funny, it sounds to me like a parable on forgiveness. Just as Jesus says at the end.
I just read Matt 18:21-35 and there is NOTHING about this fictitious “purgatory in it.
"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart." Matthew 18:35. Matthew 18 gives Christians the understanding of forgiving others here on Earth, not some notion of purgatory as a way station on the path to Heaven.
Forgiveness of sins is solely through the death and blood of Christ, not through His death and blood PLUS some conjectured time in so-called purgatory. When Jesus died on the cross, he said, "It is finished" period. Not "I'm finished here but since my death wasn't enough to provide complete forgiveness of sins, thank you Father for providing sinners with Purgatory where they can spend time finishing the job." Purgatory is pure applesauce.
No. Mathew 18 21:35 is not about or a foundation for purgatory.
It is about YOU managing YOUR forgiving others as Christ would forgive you. That is its theological message. It is not a statement of “this is what “purgatory” is for or about.