20. This is true because if two or three people come together in my name, I am there with them.”
21. Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, when my brother sins against me, how many times must I forgive him? Should I forgive him as many as 7 times?”
22. Jesus answered, “I tell you, you must forgive him more than 7 times. You must forgive him even if he does wrong to you 70 times 7.
23. “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who decided to collect the money his servants owed him.
24. So the king began to collect his money. One servant owed him several million dollars.
25. But the servant did not have enough money to pay his master, the king. So the master ordered that everything the servant owned should be sold, even the servant’s wife and children. The money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.
26. “But the servant fell on his knees and begged, ‘Be patient with me. I will pay you everything I owe.’
27. The master felt sorry for his servant. So the master told the servant he did not have to pay. He let the servant go free.
28. “Later, that same servant found another servant who owed him a few dollars. The servant grabbed the other servant around the neck and said, ‘Pay me the money you owe me!’
29. “The other servant fell on his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me. I will pay you everything I owe.’
30. “But the first servant refused to be patient. He threw the other servant into prison until he could pay everything he owed.
31. All the other servants saw what happened. They were very sorry. So they went and told their master all that had happened.