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Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches his disciples concerning offenses, meekness, and humility (in peraea)
Jesus said to his disciples: "It is inevitable that there should be snares; yet alas for him who is answerable for them! It would be good for him if he had been flung into the sea with a mill-stone round his neck, rather than that he should prove a snare to even one of these lowly ones. Be on your guard! If your brother does wrong, reprove him; but if he repents, forgive him. read more.
Even if he wrongs you seven times a day, but turns to you every time and says 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him." "Give us more faith," said the Apostles to the Master; But the Master said: "If your faith were only like a mustard- seed, you could say to this mulberry tree 'Be up-rooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. Which of you, if he had a servant ploughing, or tending the sheep, would say to him, when he came in from the fields, 'Come at once and take your place at table,' Instead of saying 'Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and wait on me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you shall eat and drink yourself'? Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is told? And so with you--when you have done all that you have been told, still say 'We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.'"
Even if he wrongs you seven times a day, but turns to you every time and says 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him." "Give us more faith," said the Apostles to the Master; But the Master said: "If your faith were only like a mustard- seed, you could say to this mulberry tree 'Be up-rooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. Which of you, if he had a servant ploughing, or tending the sheep, would say to him, when he came in from the fields, 'Come at once and take your place at table,' Instead of saying 'Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and wait on me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you shall eat and drink yourself'? Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is told? And so with you--when you have done all that you have been told, still say 'We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.'"
Supererogation » The doctrine of excessive and meritorious righteousness
And so with you--when you have done all that you have been told, still say 'We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.'"
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