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12Let me ask you this. What would you do if you had 100 sheep and one of them wandered off? Wouldn't you leave the 99 on the hillside and go look for the one that had wandered away?
13I am sure that finding it would make you happier than having the 99 that never wandered off.
14That's how it is with your Father in heaven. He doesn't want any of these little ones to be lost.
When Someone Sins(Luke 17.3)15 sins against you, go and point out what was wrong. But do it in private, just between the two of you. If that person listens, you have won back a follower.
16Allowing and Not Allowing
18 I am there with you.
An Official Who Refused To Forgive21 who does something wrong to me? Is seven times enough?”
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23This story will show you what the kingdom of heaven is like:
One day a king decided to call in his officials and ask them to give an account of what they owed him.
24As he was doing this, one official was brought in who owed him 50,000,000 silver coins.
25But he didn't have any money to pay what he owed. The king ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he owned, in order to pay the debt.
26The official got down on his knees and began begging, “Have pity on me, and I will pay you every cent I owe!”
27The king felt sorry for him and let him go free. He even told the official that he did not have to pay back the money.
28But as this official was leaving, he happened to meet another official, who owed him 100 silver coins. So he grabbed the man by the throat. He started choking him and said, “Pay me what you owe!”
29The man got down on his knees and began begging, “Have pity on me, and I will pay you back.”
30But the first official refused to have pity. Instead, he went and had the other official put in jail until he could pay what he owed.
31When some other officials found out what had happened, they felt sorry for the man who had been put in jail. Then they told the king what had happened.
32The king called the first official back in and said, “You're an evil man! When you begged for mercy, I said you did not have to pay back a cent.
33Don't you think you should show pity to someone else, as I did to you?”
34The king was so angry that he ordered the official to be tortured until he could pay back everything he owed.
35That is how my Father in heaven will treat you, if you don't forgive each of my followers with all your heart.
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