21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. 26 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. 28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. 29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’ 30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened. 32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
When Peter asked the Lord Jesus how many times he should forgive his brother for sinning against him, the Lord Jesus said not seven times, but seventy times seven, which means unlimited forgiveness. Then the Lord Jesus told this parable, a servant owed his master a lot of money, he begged his master, and the master forgave his debt, another servant owed him a small debt, the servant begged him, but he had no mercy. The meaning here is that this servant sinned against God a lot, God forgave all his sins, and his brother sinned against him a little, but he did not forgive his brother from the heart.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
(Ephesians 4:32)
Ephesians says that God forgives us in Christ, and we should also be tenderhearted and forgive one another.
he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. (Psalm 103:10)
he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. (Psalm 103:10)
Here we see God’s mercy. He does not treat us according to our sins, nor does He punish us according to our iniquities. If we confess our sins and repent, He will forgive our sins.
May God bless you and your family! 🙏😊
