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anger, and from 95.1140 the Lord he seeks healing. For a man like himself he has no mercy, and for his own sins he prays. He, being flesh, maintains wrath; and who will forgive his sins? remember your end, and cease from enmity. Remember the commandments, and be not wroth with your neighbor. If you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you. leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Then Peter came and said: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times? Jesus said to him: I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. The kingdom of heaven is like a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. And when he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshiped him, saying: Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and released him, and forgave him the debt. But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe. So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay you. But he was unwilling, and went and threw him into prison till he should pay the whole debt. So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their lord all that had been done. Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him: You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you? And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay him all that was due to him. So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from your hearts, does not forgive his brother his trespasses. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him. We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. For even Christ did not please 95.1141 Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me." Repay no one evil for evil, providing for what is good in the sight of the Lord and of men. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. If you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. As we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. Putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Be angry, and do not sin. do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as Christ also forgave us. Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. Rebuke those who are sinning in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear. Who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? But even if you should suffer for

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ὀργὴν, καὶ παρὰ 95.1140 Κυρίου ζητεῖ ἴασιν. Ἐπ' ἄνθρωπον ὅμοιον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεος, καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ δεῖται. Αὐτὸς σὰρξ ὢν, διατηρεῖ μῆνιν· καὶ τίς ἐξελεῖται τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ; μνήσθητι τὰ ἔσχατά σου, καὶ παύσῃ ἐχθραίνων. Μνήσθητι ἐντολῶν, καὶ μὴ μηνίσῃς τῷ πλησίον. Ἐὰν προσφέρῃς τὸ δῶρόν σου ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, κἀκεῖ μνησθῇς ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἔχει τι κατά σου. Ἄφες τὸ δῶρόν σου ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ ὕπαγε πρῶτον, διαλλάγηθι τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου, καὶ τότε ἐλθὼν πρόσφερε τὸ δῶρόν σου. Ἐὰν ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος. Ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν. Τότε προσελθὼν ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν· κύριε, πολλάκις εἰς ἐμὲ ἁμαρτήσει ὁ ἀδελφός μου, καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ; ἕως ἑπτάκις; Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Οὐ λέγω σοι, ἕως ἑπτάκις, ἀλλ' ἕως ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά. Ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅστις ἐθέλησε συνάραι λόγον μετὰ τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ. Ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν, προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ εἷς ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων. Μὴ ἔχοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποδοῦναι, ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ὁ Κύριος αὐτοῦ πραθῆναι, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ τέκνα, καὶ τὰ πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν, καὶ ἀποδοθῆναι. Πεσὼν οὖν ὁ δοῦλος, προσεκύνει αὐτῷ, λέγων· Κύριε, μακροθύμησον ἐπ' ἐμοὶ, καὶ πάντα σοι ἀποδώσω. Σπλαγχνισθεὶς δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου, ἀπέλυσεν αὐτὸν, καὶ τὸ δάνειον ἀφῆκεν αὐτῷ. Ἐξελθὼν δὲ ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος, εὗρεν ἕνα τῶν συνδούλων αὐτοῦ, ὃς ὤφειλεν αὐτῷ ἑκατὸν δηνάρια· καὶ κρατήσας αὐτὸν, ἔπνιγε λέγων, ἀποδὸς εἴ τι ὀφείλεις. Πεσὼν οὖν ὁ σύνδουλος αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, παρεκάλει αὐτοῦ, λέγων· Μακροθύμησον ἐπ' ἐμοὶ, καὶ ἀποδώσω σοι. Ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν, ἀλλὰ ἀπελθὼν ἔβαλεν εἰς φυλακὴν, ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷ πᾶν τὸ ὀφειλόμενον. Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτοῦ τὰ γενόμενα, ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα, καὶ ἐλθόντες διεσάφησαν τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ γενόμενα. Τότε προσκαλεσάμενος ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ, λέγει αὐτῷ· ∆οῦλε πονηρὲ, πᾶσαν ὀφειλὴν ἐκείνην ἀφῆκά σοι, ἐπεὶ παρεκάλεσας ἐμέ· οὐκ ἔδει καί σε ἐλεῆσαι τὸν σύνδουλον, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ σε ἐλέησα; Καὶ ὀργισθεὶς ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ, παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν τοῖς βασανισταῖς, ἕως οὗ ἀποδῷ αὐτῷ πᾶν τὸ ὀφειλόμενον αὐτῷ. Οὕτως καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος ποιήσει ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ ἀφῆτε ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν. Ἐὰν ἁμάρτῃ ὁ ἀδελφός σου, ἐπιτίμησον αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐὰν μετανοήσῃ, ἄφες αὐτῷ. Καὶ ἐὰν ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας ἁμαρτήσῃ εἴς σε, καὶ ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπιστρέψῃ, λέγων· Μετανοῶ, ἀφήσεις αὐτῷ. Ὀφείλομεν ἡμεῖς οἱ δυνατοὶ τὰ ἀσθενήματα τῶν ἀδυνάτων βαστάζειν, καὶ μὴ ἑαυτοῖς ἀρέσκειν. Ἕκαστος ὑμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν, πρὸς οἰκοδομήν. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ ἑαυτῷ ἤρε 95.1141 σκεν, ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται, Οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσαν ἐπ' ἐμέ. Μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων. Μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν. Εἰ ἀλλήλους δάκνετε καὶ κατεσθίετε, βλέπετε μὴ ὑπ' ἀλλήλων ἀναλωθῆτε. Ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε, καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσατε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ἕως καιροῦ ἐργασώμεθα τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς πάντας, μάλιστα δὲ πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως. Ἀποθέμενοι τὸ ψεῦδος, λαλεῖτε ἀλήθειαν ἕκαστος μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀλλήλων μέλη ἐσμέν. Ὀργίζεσθε, καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε. Ὁ ἥλιος μὴ ἐπιδυέτω ἐπὶ τῷ παροργισμῷ ὑμῶν· μηδὲ δίδοτε τόπον τῷ διαβόλῳ. Γίνεσθε εἰς ἀλλήλους χρηστοὶ, εὐσπλάγχνοι, χαριζόμενοι ἑαυτοῖς, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἐχαρίσατο ἡμῖν. Γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητὰ, καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ Θεῷ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας. Τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας ἐνώπιον πάντων ἔλεγχε, ἵνα καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ φόβον ἔχωσιν. Τίς ὁ κακώσων ὑμᾶς, ἐὰν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ζηλωταὶ γένησθε; Ἀλλ' εἰ καὶ πάσχετε διὰ