⁴ and if he sins against you ^(A)seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often ^(A)will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? ^(B)As many as seven times?” ²² Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

^12 (A)Put on then, as ^(B)God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, ^(C)compassionate hearts, ^(D)kindness, ^(E)humility, meekness, and patience, ^13 (F)bearing with one another and, ^(G)if one has a complaint against another, ^(H)forgiving each other; ^(I)as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

²⁰ To the contrary, ^(A)“if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

^31 (A)Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. ^32 (B)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ^(C)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

^35 (A)So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother ^(B)from your heart.”

¹⁶ But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established ^(A)by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

^14 (A)For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, ^15 (B)but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

⁴⁴ But I say to you, ^(A)Love your enemies and ^(B)pray for those who persecute you,