Luke 17:4
If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him!”
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3Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
Cross References
Matthew 6:12Forgive us our debts, 2 as we also have forgiven our debtors. 2
Matthew 18:16But if he does not listen to you, take one or two others along with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be verified.
Matthew 18:35So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant
Colossians 3:12Therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
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 →