Luke 17:4
Even if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times comes back and tells you, ‘I'm really sorry,’ forgive him.”
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3So take care what you do. If your brother sins, warn him; and if he repents, forgive him.
5The apostles said to the Lord, “Help us to have more trust!”
Cross References
Matthew 6:12Forgive our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.
Matthew 18:16But if he doesn't listen, then take one or two more people with you, so that by two or three witnesses the truth can be confirmed.
Matthew 18:35This is what my heavenly Father will do to every one of you unless you sincerely forgive your brothers.”
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.
Colossians 3:12Since you are God's special people, holy and dearly loved, adopt a sympathetic nature that is kind, humble, gentle, and patient.
Matthew Henry on Luke 17:2-11
The Treatment of Offences. 1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I… Read the whole commentary →