
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet
sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
Mark Twain

And be ye kind one to
another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ's
sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:32
Take heed to yourselves:
If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him;
and if he repent, forgive him.
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.
Luke 17:3-4
For if ye forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also
forgive you;
But if ye
forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:14-15
Then came Peter to Him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against
me,
and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him,
I say not
unto thee,
Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king,
which
would
take account of his servants.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was
brought unto him,
which owed him ten thousand talents.
But forasmuch
as he had not 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 worshipped him, saying,
Lord, have patience with
me, and I will pay thee all.
Then the lord of that servant was moved
with compassion,
and
loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
But the
same servant went out, and found one of his
fellowservants,
which owed him
an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him,
and took him by
the throat,
saying, Pay me that thou owest.
And his fellowservant fell down at his
feet, and besought him,
saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee
all.
And he would not: but
went and cast him into prison,
till he
should pay the debt. So when his fellowservants saw
what was done,
they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Then
his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him,
O thou wicked
servant, I forgave thee all
that debt, because thou desirest me:
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant,
even as I
had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth,
and delivered him to the
tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
So likewise
shall My heavenly Father
do also unto you,
if ye from your hearts forgive not
every one his brother their trespasses.
Matthew 18:21-35