Forgiveness

²¹ Then Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, ^(A)how many times shall my brother sin against me and I still forgive him? Up to ^(B)seven times?” ²² Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to ^[a](C)seventy-seven times.

²³ “For this reason ^(D)the kingdom of heaven ^[b]is like a king who wanted to ^(E)settle accounts with his slaves. ²⁴ And when he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ^[c]ten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵ But since he ^[d](F)did not have the means to repay, his master commanded that he ^(G)be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment be made. ²⁶ So the slave fell to the ground and ^(H)prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’ ²⁷ And the master of that slave felt compassion, and he released him and ^(I)forgave him the ^[e]debt. ²⁸ But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred ^[f]denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe!’ ²⁹ So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’ ³⁰ But he was unwilling, ^[g]and went and threw him in prison until he would pay back what was owed. ³¹ So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their master all that had happened. ³² Then summoning him, his master *said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. ^33 (J)Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?’ ³⁴ And his master, moved with anger, handed him over to the ^[h]torturers until he would repay all that was owed him. ^35 (K)My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your ^[i]heart.”

¹⁹ Then ^(A)the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. ²⁰ So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud ^[a]along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Therefore the one did not approach the other all night.

^21 (B)Then Moses reached out with his hand over the sea; and the Lord ^[b]swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into ^(C)dry land, and ^(D)the waters were divided. ²² So ^(E)the sons of Israel ^[c]went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and ^(F)the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left. ²³ Then ^(G)the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea. ²⁴ But at the morning watch, ^(H)the Lord looked down on the ^[d]army of the Egyptians ^[e]through the pillar of fire and cloud, and brought the ^[f]army of the Egyptians into confusion. ²⁵ He ^[g]caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians each said, “Let me flee from Israel, ^(I)for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

²⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(J)Reach out with your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.” ²⁷ So Moses reached out with his hand over the sea, and ^(K)the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing ^[h]right into it; then the Lord ^[i](L)overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. ²⁸ The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; ^(M)not even one of them remained. ²⁹ But the sons of Israel walked on ^(N)dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.

^30 (O)So the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel ^(P)saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. ³¹ When Israel saw the great ^[j]power which the Lord had ^[k]used against the Egyptians, the people ^[l]feared the Lord, and ^(Q)they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses.