Matthew 6:14
'For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you — your Father who [is] in the heavens;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
In Context
15but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:13Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
Matthew 7:2for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.
Mark 11:25'And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;
Colossians 3:13forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you — so also ye;
1 John 3:10In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving 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 →