Matthew 18:14–35

¹⁴So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶But if he do not hear thee, take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three. ¹⁷But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer. ¹⁸Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in the heavens. ²⁰For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²¹Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times? ²²Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven. ²³For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen. ²⁴And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵But he not having anything to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made. ²⁶The bondman therefore falling down did him homage, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay thee all. ²⁷And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion, loosed him and forgave him the loan. ²⁸But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything. ²⁹His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down at his feet, besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee. ³⁰But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing. ³¹But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place. ³²Then his lord, having called him to him, says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me; ³³shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as I also had compassion on thee? ³⁴And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him. ³⁵Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.