Luke 17:4

Luke 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

Context of Luke 17:4

2It would be [more] profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones. 3Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother should sin, rebuke him; and if he should repent, forgive him. And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him. 5And the apostles said to the Lord, Give more faith to us. 6But the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed], ye had said to this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

Luke 17:4 word by word

καὶ ἐὰν ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας ἁμαρτήσῃ εἰς σὲ καὶ ἑπτάκις ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς σὲ λέγων· μετανοῶ, ἀφήσεις αὐτῷ.¶Read the interlinear

• sinἁμαρτάνωhamartanō · to sinG264
• sevenἑπτάκιςheptakis · seven timesG2034
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• returnἐπιστρέφωepistrephō · to turnG1994
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• repentμετανοέωmetanoeō · to repentG3340
• forgiveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863

Cross-references for Luke 17:4

• Matthew 18:21Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?
• 1 Corinthians 13:4Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous [of others]; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
• Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
• Colossians 3:12Put on therefore, as [the] elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
• Matthew 5:44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, [bless those who curse you,] do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who [insult you and] persecute you,
• Matthew 6:12and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,
• Matthew 18:16But if he do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.
• Romans 12:20If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:13But ye, brethren, do not faint in well-doing.

Commentaries on Luke 17:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Even if he sins against you seven times in a day: The number seven here does not mean an exact number, but rather “many times” (see Psalm 119:164). See Matthew 18:21–22.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. (See on Mt 18:15-17; Mt 18:21, 22).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 17:4

• Charitableness
• Forgiveness
• Jesus, the Christ
• Reproof
• Trespass

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Commentaries on Luke 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings