Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Matthew 18:21–22
Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!
Jesus was not teaching the disciples that on the four-hundred-and-ninety-first time someone offends you that you can then take action against them. Peter obviously thought adding up to seven was a huge display of grace, but Jesus corrected his math using multiplication.
The idea here is that we forgive so much that you stop counting. We don’t add up offenses. We multiply grace and forgiveness.
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