What did Jesus mean when He said that we should forgive others seventy times seven?

Matthew 18:21 - 22

ESV - ²¹ Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times? ²² Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.

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