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What Did Jesus Say About Forgiveness?
Jesus taught, and lived, a radical forgiveness, even from the cross. He tied our forgiveness closely to our willingness to forgive.
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
Jesus, in Matthew 6:14 · King James Version (public domain)
“I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”
Jesus, in Matthew 18:21-22 · King James Version (public domain)
“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
Jesus, in Luke 23:34 · King James Version (public domain)
Go deeper
Read these words in the Gospels themselves on The Living Bread, ask Simon anything you wonder about, and let them shape how you pray and live. You are welcome exactly as you are.