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OET-RV by cross-referenced section MAT 18:21

MAT 18:21–18:35 ©

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The importance of forgiveness

Mat 18:21–35

18:21 The importance of forgiveness

21[ref]Then Peter approached Yeshua and asked, “Master, how often can someone sin against me and I’ll still have to forgive them?”

22[ref]I won’t say seven times,Yeshua answered, “but seventy times seven times!

23It’s because of this that the kingdom of the heavens can be likened to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. 24So when he began the process, a man was brought in who owed him millions, 25but since he had no way of repaying it, the master commanded for him and his wife and children and all their possessions to be sold to help pay off the debt. 26Then that slave dropped to the ground and prostrated himself to the master, saying, ‘Master, give me a little more time and then I’ll be able to repay it all to you.’ 27So the master felt sorry for that slave and sent him away and forgave his loan.

28But when the slave got outside, he found one of his fellow-slaves who owed him a few thousand. He grabbed him and was strangling him with his hands saying, ‘Give back what you owe!’ 29The fellow slave dropped to the ground and begged him, ‘Give me a little more time and I’ll repay you.’ 30But the other wasn’t willing, and he went and had the man thrown into prison until he repaid what he owed. 31The other slaves who had observed all this were very upset, so they went and informed the master about what had happened. 32So then the master called in the slave that he had forgiven and told him, ‘You evil slave! I forgave you all that obligation because you pleaded with me. 33Wouldn’t it have been reasonable for you also to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave just like I was merciful to you?’ 34Now the master who was now quite angry, handed him over to the torturers until he could repay everything that he owed.

35So that’s how my heavenly father will treat you if you don’t genuinely forgive others around you.


Collected OET-RV cross-references

Luk 17:3-4:

3[ref]Take great care.

If a fellow-believer disobeys God, scold them, and then if they stop and request forgiveness, forgive them. 4Even if they wrong you seven times in a day and then seven times come and tell you that they’re turning away from it, forgive them.


17:3: Mat 18:15.

Gen 4:24:

24If killers of Kayin would be sentenced seven times as much,

then anyone who kills me should be sentenced seventy-seven times as much.”