King James Version (KJV)

Matthew 18:22

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

Verse in context — Matthew 18

‹For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.›

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.›

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.