Matthew 18:21-22

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

21 Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often ¹will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? ²As many as seven times?"

22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.^[a]

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Cross References 2

1. ver. 15
2. Luke 17:3, 4; [Colossians 3:13]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or seventy-seven times

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