“And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.”
Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying I repent, you must forgive them — seven times in a day: the hyperbolic frequency that tests the limits of forgiveness. Seven times in a single day — and each time they repent — forgive them. The must (aphēseis autō, you will forgive them) communicates the obligation rather than the counsel.
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