The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave
21 Then Peter came up to him [and] said, "Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?"
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Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven!
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"For this [reason] the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.
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And [when] he began to settle [them], someone was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents.
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And [because] he did not have [enough] to repay [it], the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.
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Then the slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to do obeisance to him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!'
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So the master of that slave, [because he] had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan.
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But that slave went out [and] found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke [him], saying, 'Pay back everything that you owe!'
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Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to implore him, saying, 'Be patient with me and I will repay you!'
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But he did not want to, but rather he went [and] threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed.
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So [when] his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were extremely distressed, and went [and] reported to their master everything that had happened.
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Then his master summoned him [and] said to him, 'Wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me!
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Should you not also have shown mercy to your fellow slave as I also showed mercy to you?'
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And [because he] was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers until he would repay everything that was owed.