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22 [a]Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

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  1. 18:22 Seventy-seven times: the Greek corresponds exactly to the LXX of Gn 4:24. There is probably an allusion, by contrast, to the limitless vengeance of Lamech in the Genesis text. In any case, what is demanded of the disciples is limitless forgiveness.

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 18:22 Or seventy times seven