Matthew 6:14
For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses.
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In The King James Version
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
In Context
13And lead us not into temptation. But free us from evil. Amen.
15But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:13Whoever blocks his ears to the outcry of the poor shall also cry out himself, and he will not be heeded.
Matthew 7:2For with whatever judgment you judge, so shall you be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, so shall it be measured back to you.
Mark 11:25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your sins.
Colossians 3:13Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.
1 John 3:10In this way, the sons of God are made manifest, and also the sons of the devil. Everyone who is not just, is not of God, as also anyone who does not love his brother.
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 →