Matthew 6:14
For if you give men mechila (pardon, forgiveness) for their chattaim (sins), so also your Av sh'ba'Shomayim will give selicha (forgiveness) to you.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 21:13He who stoppeth his ozen at the cry of the dal (poor), 1 he also shall cry out himself, but shall not be heard. 1
Matthew 7:2For with what gezar din (verdict) you judge, you will be judged, and with what measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
Mark 11:25And when you stand davening, grant selicha (forgiveness) if something you hold against someone, in order that your Avinu sh'ba'Shomayim may grant you selicha for your peyshaim (transgressions). [
Colossians 3:13Being soivel (bearing with) one another and extending selicha (forgiveness) to each other, if it should be that one is murmuring his complaint against another; just as Adoneinu extended selicha to you, so also you should extend selicha.
1 John 3:10By this is made hisgalus of the yeladim of Hashem and the yeladim of HaSatan: everyone not practicing tzedek is not of Hashem; also the one not having ahavah for his Ach b'Moshiach.
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 →