Luke 17:3-4

3 Pay attention to yourselves! ¹If your brother sins, ²rebuke him, and if he repents, ³forgive him,

4 and if he sins against you ⁴seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

Luke 17:3-4 In-Context

1 And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,

4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

6 And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Cross References

• 1. Matt. 18:15, 21, 22
• 2. Leviticus 19:17
• 3. See Matthew 6:14
• 4. [Matthew 18:21]