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2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should1 offend one of these little ones.  
3 Take heed to yourselves. aIf your brother sins against you, brebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.  
4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns1 to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”  

Faith and Duty

5 And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
6 aSo the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Luke 17:4

seven times—not a lower measure of the forgiving spirit than the "seventy times seven" enjoined on Peter, which was occasioned by his asking if he was to stop at seven times. "No," is the virtual answer, "though it come to seventy times that number, if only he ask forgiveness in sincerity."



Luke 17:3-4

(See on Matthew 18:15-17; Matthew 18:21-22).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 17:4:

Matthew 18:22
Luke 17:1-2
James 5:16

 

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