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Forgiveness

21 Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if another member of the church[a] sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ 22 Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven[b] times.

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

23 ‘For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:21 Gk if my brother
  2. Matthew 18:22 Or seventy times seven

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