Forgiveness

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In chapter three, Jane thinks “Yes, Mrs. Reed, to you I owe some fearful pangs of mental suffering, but I ought to forgive you, for you knew not what you did…” There is no doubt that Charlotte Bronte was recalling LUKE 23 : 34, which records that “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Jesus spoke of the Romans and Jews…