Luke 17:4
"And if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times a day turns to you saying ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3"Be on you guard! "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him.
5The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
Cross References
Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors;
Matthew 18:16"But if he will not listen to you, take one or two others along, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every word may be established. If he will not listen to them, tell the church;
Matthew 18:35"So will my heavenly Father do to you also, unless from your heart each one of you forgive his brother."
1 Corinthians 13:4Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,
Colossians 3:12Therefore, as God’s chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper;
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 →