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Home Matthew 18:21-22 NRSVue

Matthew 18:21-22 NRSVue

21Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” 22Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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Some thoughts on this scripture

Reflection
Jesus returns to the need for forgiveness so often because it is so difficult. It is easy to see the need in others; but when I have been deeply and intentionally hurt by somebody close to me, it tears me apart to forgive them. Yet the burden of unforgiven grievance lies heavy on my heart, not on the other's.

Reflection
Lord, teach me to recognise my resentments and grievances and then take the first step in shedding them.

Reflection
I am encouraged by Peter who, in a moment when living in the way of the Gospel seemed difficult, brought his question to Jesus. I speak to Jesus about my life, about how it really is.

Reflection
Disunity and disagreement between Christians are often sources of scandal and confusion. We pray for tolerance and patience as we try to live as Jesus did and work to cultivate a loving forgiveness.

Reflection
Peter had an idea that faith might be about counting and calculating but Jesus thinks otherwise. It is easy to be led to give attention to numbers and to measure the wrong things on the wrong scales. I ask for God's help as I try to figure out what Jesus' message means to me.

Reflection
Skeins of geese fly over our gridded and mapped-out cities, using a more ancient navigation than our technology. I wonder how I might trust God’s spirit in me, not being restricted to the usually-trodden and safe paths.