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Even if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him [that is, give up resentment and consider the offense recalled and annulled].”

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith [our ability to confidently trust in God and in His power].” And the Lord said, “If you [a]have [confident, abiding] faith in God [even as small] as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree [which has very strong roots], ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea’; and [if the request was in agreement with the will of God] it would have obeyed you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:6 Jesus used this moment to emphasize that a person’s confident, abiding faith combined with God’s will and power can produce absolutely amazing results. God is fully capable of doing that which man regards as impossible (Mark 14:36; James 4:3).

Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”(A)

The apostles(B) said to the Lord,(C) “Increase our faith!”

He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,(D) you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.(E)

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