Parallel Verses

Amplified

Jesus answered him, “I say to you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven.

New American Standard Bible

Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

King James Version

Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Holman Bible

“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus said to him, “but 70 times seven.

International Standard Version

Jesus told him, "I tell you, not just seven times, but 77 times!

A Conservative Version

Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

American Standard Version

Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.

An Understandable Version

Jesus replied, "I tell you, not [just] up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven [i.e., a large indefinite number of times].

Anderson New Testament

Jesus said to him: I say to you, Not till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

Bible in Basic English

Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.

Common New Testament

Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Jesus answered, I tell thee not only seven: but seventy times seven.

Darby Translation

Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

Godbey New Testament

Jesus says to him, I say not unto thee, Until seven time; but Until seventy times seven.

Goodspeed New Testament

Jesus said to him, "Not seven times over, I tell you, but seventy-seven times over!

John Wesley New Testament

Till seven times? Jesus saith to him, I say not unto thee, till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

Julia Smith Translation

And Jesus says to him, I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven.

King James 2000

Jesus said unto him, I say not unto you, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven!

Modern King James verseion

Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Jesus said unto him, "I say not unto thee seven times: but seventy times seven times.

Moffatt New Testament

Jesus said to him, "Seven times? I say, seventy times seven!

Montgomery New Testament

"I do not tell you 'till seven times,'" answered Jesus, "but till seventy times seven.

NET Bible

Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!

New Heart English Bible

Jesus said to him, "I do not tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

Noyes New Testament

Jesus saith to him, I say not to thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

Sawyer New Testament

Jesus said to him, I say not to you till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

The Emphasized Bible

Jesus saith to him - I say not unto thee, unto, seven, times, but, until seventy times seven.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Jesus saith to him, I tell thee not until seven times, but unto seventy times seven.

Twentieth Century New Testament

But Jesus answered: "Not seven times, but 'seventy times seven.'

Webster

Jesus saith to him, I say not to thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Weymouth New Testament

"I do not say seven times," answered Jesus, "but seventy times seven times.

Williams New Testament

Jesus answered him: "I tell you, not as many as seven, but as many as seventy times seven!

World English Bible

Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

Worrell New Testament

Jesus saith to him, "I say not to you, 'till seven times,' but till seventy times seven.

Worsley New Testament

Jesus answereth him, I tell thee not, to seven times, but to seventy times seven.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jesus saith to him, 'I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045


Usage: 0

I say
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

σοί 
Soi 
thee, thou, thy, thine own, not tr
Usage: 113

ἕως 
heos 
ἕως 
heos 
till, unto, until, to, till 9,
till, unto, until, to, till 9,
Usage: 74
Usage: 74

ἑπτακίς 
heptakis 
Usage: 1

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

ἑβδομηκοντακίς 
hebdomekontakis 
Usage: 0

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Unforgiving Slave

21 Then Peter came to Him and asked, “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I forgive him and let it go? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered him, “I say to you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven. 23 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.


Cross References

Matthew 6:14-15

For if you forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Mark 11:25

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him [drop the issue, let it go], so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions and wrongdoings [against Him and others].

Ephesians 4:31-1

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor [perpetual animosity, resentment, strife, fault-finding] and slander be put away from you, along with every kind of malice [all spitefulness, verbal abuse, malevolence].

Colossians 3:13

bearing graciously with one another, and willingly forgiving each other if one has a cause for complaint against another; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so should you forgive.

Isaiah 55:7


Let the wicked leave (behind) his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion (mercy) on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

Micah 7:19


He shall again have compassion on us;
He will subdue and tread underfoot our wickedness [destroying sin’s power].
Yes, You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea.

Matthew 6:11-12


‘Give us this day our daily bread.

Romans 12:21

Do not be overcome and conquered by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry [at sin—at immorality, at injustice, at ungodly behavior], yet do not sin; do not let your anger [cause you shame, nor allow it to] last until the sun goes down.

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and disputing or quarreling or doubt [in their mind].

Genesis 4:24


“If Cain is avenged sevenfold [as the Lord said he would be],
Then Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-sevenfold.”

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