Luke 17:4
And if seven times in the day he shall trespass against thee, and seven times in the day return to thee and say, I repent, forgive him.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
3Take heed to yourselves; if thy brother transgress, reprove him, and if he repent, forgive him.
5And the apostles said unto our Lord, Increase to us faith.
Cross References
Matthew 6:12and forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors;
Matthew 18:16But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, that upon the mouth of two or three witnesses may be established every word.
Matthew 18:35Thus will your heavenly Father deal with you unless you forgive each his brother from your heart his trespasses.
1 Corinthians 13:4LOVE is patient and benign; love envieth not; love is not tumultuous, nor inflated;
Colossians 3:12Wear, therefore, as the chosen of Aloha, saints and beloved, compassions and tenderness, and benignity, and lowliness of mind, and composure, 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 →