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Matthew 18:20-23

20 For where two or three are ¹gathered in my name, ²there am I among them."

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

21 Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often ³will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? ⁴As many as seven times?"

22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.^[a]

23 "Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished ⁵to settle accounts with his servants.^[b]

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Cross References 5

1. [Acts 4:30, 31; 1 Corinthians 5:4]
2. [Matthew 28:20; John 12:26; John 20:20, 26]
3. ver. 15
4. Luke 17:3, 4; [Colossians 3:13]
5. Matthew 25:19

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or seventy-seven times
[b]. Greek bondservants; also verses 28, 31

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