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15 Bible Verses About Forgiving Your Brother

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  • Jesus answers Peter’s “Up to seven times?” with “seventy-seven times” (Matthew 18:21-22), and then tells the parable of a servant forgiven a huge debt who will not forgive a small one.
  • Luke 17:3-4 pairs rebuke with forgiveness when the brother or sister repents, while Mark 11:25 tells the one praying to forgive with no condition about repentance.
  • Matthew 5:23-24 tells a worshipper to leave the gift at the altar and be reconciled with a brother or sister who has something against him.
  • Colossians 3:13 and Ephesians 4:32 make God’s forgiveness the measure for how believers forgive one another.
  • Joseph forgives the brothers who sold him into Egypt and promises to provide for their children (Genesis 50:19-21).

The Bible tells believers to forgive a brother or sister who sins against them, and to keep on forgiving. When Peter asks whether seven times is enough, Jesus answers “seventy-seven times” (Matthew 18:21-22). Jesus ties the Father’s forgiveness to forgiving others (Matthew 6:14-15, Mark 11:25), Paul asks churches to forgive their members as the Lord forgave them (Colossians 3:13, 2 Corinthians 2:7-8), and Genesis 50 records Joseph forgiving the brothers who sold him. When a brother or sister sins against…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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