Matthew 6:14
For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
In Context
13And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:13He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
Matthew 7:2For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
Mark 11:25And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.
Colossians 3:13Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
1 John 3:10In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:10-16
The Sermon on the Mount. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye… Read the whole commentary →