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(3) Take heed to yourselves. aIf your brother sins against you, brebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. (4) And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns1 to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” (5) And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
In verse 5, notice the apostles' reaction to Christ's instruction to forgive: "Increase our faith!" They understood that faith was required for this because forgiving an offense involves letting go of the desire for personal …
As part of His message in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus encourages His disciples to understand the relationship between them and God the Father as an intimate, familial one. He begins the passage by saying in Matthew 7:7: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." The translators of The Amplified Bible correctly understand the intent of Christ's comments in Matthew 7:7. Like a son beseeching his father, we are to be persistent, to keep on: "Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [r
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