18:21那时，彼得进前来，对耶稣说：“主啊，我弟兄得罪我，我当饶恕他几次呢？到七次可以吗？”
18:22耶稣说：“我对你说：不是到七次，乃是到七十个七次。
18:23天国好像一个王要和他仆人算账。
18:24才算的时候，有人带了一个欠一千万银子的来。
18:25因为他没有什么偿还之物，主人吩咐把他和他妻子儿女，并一切所有的都卖了偿还。
18:26那仆人就俯伏拜他，说：‘主啊，宽容我！将来我都要还清。’
18:27那仆人的主人就动了慈心，把他释放了，并且免了他的债。
18:28那仆人出来，遇见他的一个同伴欠他十两银子，便揪著他，掐住他的喉咙，说：‘你把所欠的还我！’
18:29他的同伴就俯伏央求他说：‘宽容我吧！将来我必还清。’
18:30他不肯，竟去把他下在监里，等他还了所欠的债。
18:31众同伴看见他所做的事，就甚忧愁，去把这事都告诉了主人。
18:32于是，主人叫了他来，对他说：‘你这恶奴才！你央求我，我就把你所欠的都免了。
18:33你不应当怜恤你的同伴，像我怜恤你吗？’
18:34主人就大怒，把他交给掌刑的，等他还清了所欠的债。
18:35你们各人若不从心里饶恕你的弟兄，我天父也要这样待你们了。”
21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?”
22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
23“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
24As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.
25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
26“The servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
27The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
29“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’
30“But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
31When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.
32“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.
33Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’
34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
35“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”