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Atomic Bible
Luke 17:4
Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
from Temptations and Trespasses, Luke 17:1-4
What it says

Even repeated wrongdoing in a single day must be met with forgiveness when repentance is spoken again.

What it is doing

The command extends forgiveness beyond a single offense.

In context

1Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”