Then Peter came up and said to him: Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times? Peter's question about the limits of forgiveness — as many as seven times — is a generous offer by the standards of the day (some rabbinic traditions limited the obligation to three times). The seven is probably chosen as the number of completeness: surely complete forgiveness means seven times.

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