Bible Quotes About Forgiveness Of Injuries

“Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. nor: Heb. neither let there be anger in your eyes”

“For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.”

“And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. to preserve: Heb. to put for you a remnant”

“So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”

“Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:”

“And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:”

“And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.”

“Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.”

“And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. talents: a talent is 750.ounces of silver, which after five shillings the ounce is 187.li. 10.s.”

“But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.”

“The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. worshipped him: or, besought him”

“Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.”

“But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. pence: the Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence halfpenny; about fourteen cents”

“And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.”

“And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.”

“So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.”

“Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:”

“Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?”

“And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.”

“So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”