and if seven times in a day he acts wrongly towards you, and seven times turns again to you and says, `I am sorry,' you must forgive him.«
But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested by two or three witnesses.
»In the same way my Heavenly Father will deal with you, if you do not all of you forgive one another from your hearts.«
But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors;
and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven those who have failed in their duty towards us;
And the Apostles said to the Lord, »Give us faith.«
On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.