21 Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

22 Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.

23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

26 So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.

27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.

28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

29 So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

30 And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

31 So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

21 Da gikk Peter til ham og sa: Herre! hvor ofte skal min bror synde mot mig og jeg tilgi ham det? så meget som syv ganger?

22 Jesus sa til ham: Jeg sier dig: Ikke syv ganger, men sytti ganger syv ganger.

23 Derfor er himlenes rike å ligne med en konge som vilde holde regnskap med sine tjenere.

24 Men da han begynte på opgjøret, blev en ført frem for ham, som skyldte ti tusen talenter.

25 Men da han ikke hadde noget å betale med, bød hans herre at han skulde selges, han og hans hustru og barn og alt det han hadde, og at der skulde betales.

26 Da falt denne tjener ned for ham og sa: Vær langmodig med mig, så skal jeg betale dig alt sammen!

27 Da ynkedes denne tjeners herre inderlig over ham, og lot ham løs og eftergav ham gjelden.

28 Men da denne tjener gikk ut, traff han en av sine medtjenere som skyldte ham hundre penninger, og han tok fatt på ham og holdt på å kvele ham og sa: Betal det du skylder!

29 Da falt hans medtjener ned og bad ham og sa: Vær langmodig med mig, så skal jeg betale dig!

30 Men han vilde ikke; han gikk bort og kastet ham i fengsel, til han betalte det han var skyldig.

31 Men da hans medtjenere så hvad som skjedde, blev de meget bedrøvet, og de kom og fortalte sin herre alt det som var skjedd.

32 Da kalte hans herre ham for sig og sa til ham: Du onde tjener! all din gjeld eftergav jeg dig, fordi du bad mig;

33 burde ikke også du forbarme dig over din medtjener, likesom jeg forbarmet mig over dig?

34 Og hans herre blev vred, og overgav ham til dem som piner, inntil han betalte alt det han var ham skyldig.

35 Således skal også min himmelske Fader gjøre med eder om ikke enhver av eder av hjertet tilgir sin bror.