A parable — Forgive

Peter asked: how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? The answer was: I say not unto thee, until seven times: but until seventy times seven. The arithmetic was a way of saying the math does not run out. Ask yourself: Are you counting? And if the count is finite, is it forgiveness? BROTHERS — established in the mouth of two or three. Seventy times seven (Mt 18:21-22) is not a number — it is the end of the counting. (A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)