Pentecost Season · Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year A
Sirach 27:30–28:7
Forgive Your Neighbor's Wrong
September 13, 2026
Overview & Insights
"Forgive your neighbor's injustice; then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven." (Sirach 28:2)
Ben Sira warns that wrath and vengeance are held fast only by sinners, and that the Lord remembers the sins of those who nurse their anger. He urges readers to forgive a neighbor's injury and to remember death and the covenant so they will overlook faults.
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Commentary
Sirach 28 (Haydock's Catholic Commentary) StudyLight
A Catholic commentary on the chapter, glossing forgiveness, wrath, and vengeance.
Sirach 28:1 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight
Expositors gathered on the deuterocanonical chapter for a further voice.
First Reading Study, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Agape Bible Study
A Catholic study drawing out Ben Sira's link between mercy shown and mercy received.
The Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Brant Pitre sets the Sirach reading alongside the Gospel of the unforgiving servant.
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