²¹Then Peter came up to him and^* said,^g “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?” ²²Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven!^h

²³“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. ²⁴And when^* he began to settle them,^* someone was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents. ²⁵And 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. ²⁶Then 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!’ ²⁷So the master of that slave, because he^* had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan. ²⁸But 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!’ ²⁹Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground and^* began to implore^* him, saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will repay you!’ ³⁰But he did not want to, but rather he went and^* threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed. ³¹So when^* his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were extremely distressed, and went and^* reported to their master everything that had happened. ³²Then his master summoned him and^* said to him, ‘Wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me! ³³Should you not also have shown mercy to your fellow slave as I also showed mercy to you?’ ³⁴And because he^* was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailersⁱ until he would repay everything that was owed. ³⁵So also my heavenly Father will do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from your hearts!”

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
gSome manuscripts have “Then Peter came up and said to him”
hOr “seventy-seven times”
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“began”)
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have”) which is understood as causal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“threw himself to the ground”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had compassion”) which is understood as causal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“threw himself to the ground”) has been translated as a finite verb
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to implore”)
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“summoned”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was angry”) which is understood as causal
iOr “torturers”