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Matthew 18:21-23
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The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave

21 Then Peter came up to him and[a] said,[b] “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven![c]

23 “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:21 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 18:21 Some manuscripts have “Then Peter came up and said to him”
  3. Matthew 18:22 Or “seventy-seven times”
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