Matthew 6:14
For if ye forgive men their faults, your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
In Context
15But if ye shall not forgive men, your Father also forgiveth not you your faults.
Cross References
Matthew 7:2For with the judgment that ye judge, ye shall be judged; and by the measure that ye measure, shall it be measured to you.
Mark 11:25And when ye stand up to pray, forgive what ye have against any one; that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive your offences.
Colossians 3:13And be ye indulgent towards one another, and forgiving to one another: and if any one has a complaint against his neighbor, as the Messiah forgave you, so also do ye forgive.
1 John 3:10By this are the children of God discriminated from the children of Satan. Every one that practiseth not righteousness, and that loveth not his brother, is not 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 →