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day 2 8 | MATTHEW 18:21–19:12
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Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me?
Seven times?”
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“No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!
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“Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts
up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. 24In the process, one of his debtors
was brought in who owed him millions of dollars. 25He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be
sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.
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“But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will
pay it all.’ 27Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.
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“But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.
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“His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me,
and I will pay it,’ he pleaded. 30But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in
prison until the debt could be paid in full.
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“When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told
him everything that had happened. 32Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You
evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me. 33Shouldn’t you have
mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ 34Then the angry king sent the man to
prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.
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“That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters
from your heart.”
When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went down to the region of Judea
east of the Jordan River. 2Large crowds followed him there, and he healed their sick.
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Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
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“Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made
them male and female.’” 5And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is
joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ 6Since they are no longer two but one, let no one
split apart what God has joined together.”
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“Then why did Moses say in the law that a man could give his wife a written notice of divorce and
send her away?” they asked.
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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not
what God had originally intended. 9And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful.”
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Jesus’ disciples then said to him, “If this is the case, it is better not to marry!”
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“Not everyone can accept this statement,” Jesus said. “Only those whom God helps. 12Some are
born as eunuchs, some have been made eunuchs by others, and some choose not to marry for the
sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”
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