Verse 4

If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 18:21-22 : 21 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
  • Matt 18:35 : 35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
  • Rom 12:20 : 20 Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."
  • 1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, 5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
  • Eph 4:31-32 : 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
  • Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
  • 2 Thess 3:13-14 : 13 But you, brothers, don't be weary in doing well. 14 If any man doesn't obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
  • Matt 6:14-15 : 14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.