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Forgive One Another
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💞 Forgive One Another 💞

How many times should we forgive someone who has done wrong to us?

Peter asks Jesus how many times he is supposed to forgive someone who sins against him, who does something wrong to him. Peter guesses that seven times should be enough. It seems like a strange number to pick out, doesn’t it? It also seems like a lot of times to forgive someone when they keep sinning against you.

What's your experience? Do you bear grudges when someone bullies you or does something wrong to you?

📖 Read Matthew 18:21-35 to find out more.

The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.

Psalm 145:8

Lesson Review

Read Matthew 18:21-35 and answer these questions. Write the answers in your prayer journal.


  1. What did the king first intend to do to the servant who owed him 10,000 talents? (Matthew 18:25)
    A talent was a large sum of money.

  2. Why did the king change his mind? (Matthew 18:26)

  3. What did the servant do after the king forgave the debt? (Matthew 18:28)

  4. What did the servant who owed 100 pence (a very small amount) ask of the servant who had owed 10,000 talents? (Matthew 18:29)

  5. How did the servant react to the pleas of his fellow servant? (Matthew 18:30)

  6. What did the king do when he found out what had happened? (Matthew 18:31–34)

  7. How are we sometimes like the unmerciful servant?

  8. Think of a time when someone did something unkind to you.

  9. What did Jesus say when Peter asked him how often to forgive someone who has sinned against him? (Matthew 18:21–22)

  10. What do you think Jesus was trying to teach Peter?


Let Us Pray:
Dear God, help to be forgiving and remember that it pleases You when we forgive others.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

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ANSWERS

  1. The master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

  2. He felt sorry for his servant.

  3. The servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.

  4. The servant who owed 100 pence asked the servant to be patient with him.

  5. He refused his plea and had the servant thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.

  6. He chided the servant and handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

  7. We are like the servant when we don't forgive.

  8. (Answers will differ.)

  9. Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

  10. There is no limit to how many times we should forgive others.


If you do not own a Silver Boxes Prayer Journal, you may use your own notebook.

Silver Boxes PRAYER JOURNAL

  1. Discuss what you have learnt today with your family, and write/draw them down in your prayer journal.

  2. Which part of the story speaks to you the most, and how can God's Word helped you to make a change in your own attitude and actions?

  3. Draw or write about a time where you put God's Word into practice.

Take a photo of your journal entry and email it to us at silverboxesplmc@gmail.com to win a prize!

R.O.A.D.

Read God’s Word;

Observe what He is telling you;

Apply it to your life or situation;

Do what is necessary to carry out God’s instruction for you.

Study the Scriptures together as a family, guide your child/children to have daily devotion using the R.O.A.D. pointers.

CLICK to download this PLMC church-wide Bible reading plan.

ROAD Bible Reading Plan

As we continue our PLMC church-wide Bible reading with ROAD through the Bible, explore God’s hand and God’s plan using the R.O.A.D. study points. Use this guide to help your kids navigate through the Bible and have God-time together.

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