NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Matthew 18:23

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Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

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Matthew 18:20–26

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For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

21

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

22

Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

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Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

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When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

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But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

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