Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
In Context
15But if you do not forgive their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, 1 he also will cry out, but he will not be answered. 1
Matthew 7:2For with the judgment you judge, you will be judged, and with the measure that you measure, it will be measured out to you.
Mark 11:25When you stand and pray, you must forgive whatever you have against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your trespasses.”
Colossians 3:13Bear with one another. Be gracious to each other. If someone has a complaint against someone else, forgive in the same way that the Lord has forgiven you.
1 John 3:10In this the children of God and children of the devil are revealed: Whoever does not do what is righteous is not from God, neither is the one 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 →