Forgiveness is one of those topics that shows up throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. It appears all over the Hebrew Bible in the form of sacrificial offerings, the Day of Atonement, and any number of passages that tell us that we serve a God who is slow to anger and quick to forgive. In the New Testament, forgiveness is a theme of Jesus’ ministry and teachings, and it shows up in the parable for today. It is at the cross, however, where Jesus embodies forgiveness by taking the sin and brokenness of the world upon his own shoulders, and he bids us to go and do likewise.