¹⁷ ‘This is what you shall say to Joseph: “Please forgive, I beg you, the offense of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please forgive the offense of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

¹⁷ So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and ^(A)plead with the Lord your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

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.

^3 [a]Be on your guard! ^(A)If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. ⁴ And if he sins against you ^(B)seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

⁷ so that on the other hand, you should rather ^(A)forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a person might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. ⁸ Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. ⁹ For to this end ^(B)I also wrote, so that I might ^[a](C)put you to the test, whether you are ^(D)obedient in all things. ¹⁰ But one whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did so for your sakes ^(E)in the presence of Christ,