4If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."


In Context

1 Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come.

2 It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

3 So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

4 If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."

5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

6 He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.

Luke 17:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day be converted unto thee, saying, I repent; forgive him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And if he shall trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day shall turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him.