#DTK "'Lord, how many times is my brother to sin against me and am I to forgive him? Up to seven times?'—Matt. 18:21.
In answer to Peter’s question, Jesus replied: “I say to you, not, Up to seven times, but, Up to seventy-seven times.” (Matt. 18:22) Yes, a merciful person is ready to forgive “up to seventy-seven times,” that is, without limit. Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount: “Stop judging that you may not be judged; for with what judgment you are judging, you will be judged . . . Why, then, do you look at the straw in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the rafter in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Allow me to extract the straw from your eye’; when, look! a rafter is in your own eye?” (Matt. 7:1-4) Therefore, we can practice mercy daily by putting up with the weaknesses of others without being judgmental or overly critical. Jehovah has forgiven us a huge debt of sin. Should we not also “forgive men their trespasses”?—Matt. 6:14, 15. w07 9/15 2:13, 14"
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