Jesus explained our responsibility to others who sin against us.  “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” (Luke 17:3-4)  At another time He also explained additional motivation we have for forgiving others.  “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew 6:14-15)  He also answered Peter’s number question by basically telling him we do not need to be keeping count of other’s sins.  “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?”  Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” (Matthew 18:21-22)  With so many different recorded instances of Jesus talking about us forgiving others, it must be important.

Today’s reading: Luke 16-17