Jewish%20thought for Rosh Hashanah 34:19

עד שבא ר"ע ולימד

R'Jose the priest joined the conversation and said to her: I will give you a parabl which will illustrate the matter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to what the thing is like'.');">²⁹</span> A man lent his neighbour a maneh and fixed a time for payment in the presence of the king, while the other swore to pay him by the life of the king. When the time arrived he did not pay him, and he went to excuse himself to the king. The king, however, said to him: The wrong done to me I excuse you, but go and obtain forgiveness from your neighbour. So here: one text speaks of offences committed by a man against God, the other of offences committed by a man against his fellow man. [This explanation was generally accepted] until R'Akiba came and taught

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