30/08/2024
𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙚𝙗𝙩𝙤𝙧
Matthew 18:21-35 NLT
[21] Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?”
[22] “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!
[23] “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him [24] In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.
[25] He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.
[26] “But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’
[27] Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.
[28] “But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.
[29] “His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he pleaded.
[30] But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full.
[31] “When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him everything that had happened.
[32] Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me.
[33] Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’
[34] Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.
[35] “That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.”
