What is Forgiveness?

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. “But the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ (Jesus then tells us that the King did something as unexpected as the kindly Bishop.) The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

- Matthew 18:21-27