Matthew 18:33
Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’
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- Col 3:13 : 13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
- Matt 5:44-45 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Matt 6:12 : 12 and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.
- Luke 6:35-36 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
- Eph 4:32-5:2 : 32 Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you. 1 Live in Love Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children 2 and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
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- Matt 18:21-3212 verses87%
21Then Peter came to him and said,“Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”
22Jesus said to him,“Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!
23The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.
24As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.
25Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.
26Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying,‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’
27The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.
28After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying,‘Pay back what you owe me!’
29Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him,‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’
30But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.
31When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.
32Then his lord called the first slave and said to him,‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!
- Matt 18:34-352 verses86%
34And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.
35So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart.”
- Luke 10:36-372 verses76%
36Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”
37The expert in religious law said,“The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him,“Go and do the same.”
- Luke 19:22-232 verses74%
22The king said to him,‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?
23Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’
- Matt 25:26-272 verses74%
26But his master answered,‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?
27Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest!
- Luke 6:36-372 verses73%
36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
37Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
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31Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.
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13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
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32Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
- Luke 17:7-104 verses72%
7“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?
8Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?
9He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?
10So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say,‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”
- Matt 20:14-152 verses72%
14Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.
15Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Luke 7:41-422 verses71%
41“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
42When they could not pay, he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
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13bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
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40And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
- Luke 17:3-42 verses71%
3Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
4Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying,‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
- Matt 6:14-152 verses71%
14“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.
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30And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Matt 25:44-452 verses70%
44Then they too will answer,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’
45Then he will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’
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33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
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5So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’
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7so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.
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7If you had known what this means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
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25Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins.”
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22Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.
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15For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.