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A Story About Forgiveness

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, when someone[a] won’t stop doing wrong to me, how many times must I forgive them? Seven times?”

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, you must forgive them more than seven times. You must continue to forgive them even if they do wrong to you seventy-seven times.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:21 someone Literally, “my brother.”
  2. Matthew 18:22 seventy-seven times Or “seventy times seven,” a very large number, meaning there should be no limit to forgiveness.

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