Matthew 18:22
20 For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
23 Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
24 As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
- KJV
- Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
- WEB
- Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
- ASV
- Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.
- DARBY
- Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
- BLB
- Jesus says to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy-seven times!
- ÅB
- Jesus svarte til ham: «Ikke syv ganger, sier jeg deg, men sytti ganger syv ganger.
- OTB
- Jesus svarte: «Jeg sier deg, ikke bare syv ganger, men syttisju ganger.
- B1930
- Jesus sa til ham: Jeg sier dig: Ikke syv ganger, men sytti ganger syv ganger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:13
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Read in contextMark 11:25
And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
Read in contextGenesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
Read in contextEphesians 4:31–5:1
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
Read in contextMatthew 6:14–15
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Read in contextEphesians 4:26
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Read in contextRomans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
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