In Matthew 18 Peter engages in that famous exchange with Jesus. He asks, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” And Jesus replies, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” And then he continues on from there in a parable… [...]
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