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Matthew 18:22
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KJ21
And Jesus said unto him, “I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
ASV
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.
AMP
Jesus answered him, “I say to you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven.
AMPC
Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven!
BRG
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
CSB
“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven.
CSBA
‘I tell you, not as many as seven,’ Jesus replied, ‘but seventy times seven.
CEB
Jesus said, “Not just seven times, but rather as many as seventy-seven times.
CJB
“No, not seven times,” answered Yeshua, “but seventy times seven!
CEV
Jesus answered: Not just 7 times, but 77 times!
DARBY
Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
DLNT
Jesus says to him, “I do not say to you up to seven-times, but up to seventy-times [and] seven.
DRA
Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.
ERV
Jesus answered, “I tell you, you must forgive them more than seven times. You must continue to forgive them even if they do wrong to you seventy-seven times.
EASY
Jesus replied, ‘I do not say only seven times. I say you should forgive him 77 times!’
EHV
Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but I tell you as many as seventy-seven times.
ESV
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
ESVUK
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
EXB
Jesus answered, “I tell you, you must forgive him not just seven times, but ·seventy times seven times [or seventy-seven times; C the Greek can mean either 490 or 77; the point is unlimited forgiveness]!
GNV
Jesus said unto him, I say not to thee, Unto seven times, but, Unto seventy times seven times.
GW
Jesus answered him, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy times seven.
GNT
“No, not seven times,” answered Jesus, “but seventy times seven,
HCSB
“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus said to him, “but 70 times seven.
ICB
Jesus answered, “I tell you, you must forgive him more than 7 times. You must forgive him even if he does wrong to you 70 times 7.
ISV
Jesus told him, “I tell you, not just seven times, but 77 times!
PHILLIPS
“No,” replied Jesus, “not seven times, but seventy times seven! For the kingdom of Heaven is like a king who decided to settle his accounts with his servants. When he had started calling in his accounts, a man was brought to him who owed him millions of pounds. And when it was plain that he had no means of repaying the debt, his master gave orders for him to be sold as a slave, and his wife and children and all his possessions as well, and the money to be paid over. At this the servant fell on his knees before his master, ‘Oh, be patient with me!’ he cried, ‘and I will pay you back every penny!’ Then his master was moved with pity for him, set him free and cancelled his debt.
JUB
Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times, but, Until seventy times seven.
KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
AKJV
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
LSB
Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
LEB
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven!
TLB
“No!” Jesus replied, “seventy times seven!
MSG
Jesus replied, “Seven! Hardly. Try seventy times seven.
MEV
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
MOUNCE
Jesus said to him, · “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
NOG
Yeshua answered him, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy times seven.
NABRE
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
NASB
Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy-seven times.
NASB1995
Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
NCB
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy times seven.
NCV
Jesus answered, “I tell you, you must forgive him more than seven times. You must forgive him even if he wrongs you seventy times seven.
NET
Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!
NIRV
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but 77 times.
NIV
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
NIVUK
Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
NKJV
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
NLV
Jesus said to him, “I tell you, not seven times but seventy times seven!
NLT
“No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!
NMB
Jesus said to him, I say to you, not seven times, but seventy times seven times.
NRSVA
Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
NRSVACE
Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
NRSVCE
Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
NRSVUE
Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
NTFE
“I wouldn’t say seven times,” replied Jesus. “Why not—seventy times seven?
OJB
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to Kefa, I do not say to you as many as shevah, but as many as shivim (seventy) times shevah.
RGT
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, ‘Up to seven times’, but, ‘Up to seventy times seven times’.
RSV
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
RSVCE
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
TLV
Yeshua said to him, “No, not up to seven times, I tell you, but seventy times seven!
VOICE
Jesus: You must forgive not seven times, but seventy times seven.
WEB
Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
WE
Jesus answered him, `I say not seven times only, but seventy times seven.
WYC
Jesus saith to him, I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.
YLT
Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.
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