Matthew
18:21-35
21
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked,
'LORD
HOW MANY TIMES SHALL I FORGIVE MY BROTHER
WHEN
HE SINS AGAINST ME?
UP
TO SEVEN TIMES?'
Jesus
answered,
'I
TELL YOU, NOT SEVEN TIMES,
BUT
SEVENTY-SEVEN TIMES.
23
THEREFORE, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
IS
LIKE A KING
WHO
WANTED TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH HIS SERVANTS.
24
AS HE BEGAIN THE SETTLEMENT,
A
MAN WHO OWED HIM TEN THOUSAND TALENTS
WAS
BROUGHT TO HIM.
25
SINCE HE WAS NOT ABLE TO PAY,
THE
MASTER ORDERED
THAT
HE AND HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN
AND
ALL THAT HE HAD BE SOLD TO REPAY THE DEBT.
26
THE SERVANT FELL ON HIS KNEES BEFORE HIM.
'BE
PATIENT WITH ME,' HE BEGGED,
'AND
I WILL PAY BACK EVERYTNNG.'
27
THE SERVANT'S MASTER TOOK PITY ON HIM,
CANCELED
THE DEBT AND LET HIM GO.
28
BUT WHEN THAT SERVANT WENT OUT,
HE
FOUND ONE OF HIS FELLOW SERVANTS
WHO
OWED HIM A HUNDRED DENARII.
HE
GRABBED HIM AND BEGAN TO CHOKE HIM.
'PAY
BACK WHATYOU OWN ME!' HE DEMANDED.
29
HIS FELLOW SERVANT
FELL
TO HIS KNEES AND BEGGED HIM,
'BE
PATIENT WITH ME,
AND
I WILL PAY YOU BACK.'
30
BUT HE REFUSED.
INSTEAD,
HE WENT OFF
AND
HAD THE MAN THROWN INTO PRISON
UNTIL
HE COULD PAY THE DEBT.
31
WHEN THE OTHER SERVANTS
SAW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED,
THEY
WERE GREATLY DISTRESSED
AND
WENT AND TOLD THEIR MASTER EVERYTING
THAT
HAD HAPPENED.
32
THEN THE MASTER CALLED THE SERVANT IN.
'YOU
WICKED SERVANT,' HE SAID,
'I
CANCELED ALL THAT DEBT OF YOURS
BECAUSE
YOU BEGGED ME TO.
34
SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE HAD MERCY
ON
YOUR FELLOW SERVFANT
JUST
AS I HAD ON YOU?'
34
IN ANGER HIS MASTER
TURNED
HIM OVER TO THE JAILERS
UNTIL
HE SHOULD PAY BACK ALL HE OWED.
35
'THIS IS HOW MY HEAVENLY FATHER
WILL
TREAT EACH OF YOU
UNLESS
YOU FORGIVE YOUR BROTHER
FROM
YOUR HEART.'
(Matthew
18:21-35)
If
we belong to Christ Jesus,
He has
Forgiven us the Unforgivable.
He has
done this by Shedding His own blood,
Because
without the Shedding of blood
There
is no Forgiveness of Sin.
He did
this Once for All.
Then,
if we do not forgive others,
Their
Sin against us,
We
deny what Christ has done for us.
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