Matthew Chapter 18 verse 35 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 18:35

So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
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BBE Matthew 18:35

So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
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DARBY Matthew 18:35

Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.
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KJV Matthew 18:35

So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
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WEB Matthew 18:35

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
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YLT Matthew 18:35

so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 35. - So likewise. This points to the moral of the parable intended by Christ. It is not a lesson against ingratitude, but against unmercifulness. "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." But want of charity makes a man incapable of retaining God's pardon; the Holy Spirit cannot abide in an unforgiving soul. My heavenly Father. He says, not "your" (Matthew 6:14, 26), nor "our," but "my heavenly Father," the Father of Christ, the God of all mercies. He cannot join himself in mention with such as are not children of God. From your hearts. Forgiveness must be real, sincere, not pretended, nor merely outward. There must not only be no outward act of revenge, but no malice in the heart, no storing up of evil passions for future outlet, as occasion may arise. The heart must be in harmony with the conduct, and both must evidence a true spirit of charity. This alone enables one to continue in a state of grace and in reconciliation with God; this alone makes prayer acceptable; and we are assured that, as our heavenly Father requires us to forgive without limit, so his mercy is infinite and will be extended to us in measure unbounded. Their trespasses. These words are omitted by many manuscripts, the Vulgate, and most modern editors; and they are not required by the sense. They have been, perhaps, added to obviate a certain abruptness in the conclusion of the parable.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(35) My heavenly Father.--The adjective is slightly different in form from that commonly used, suggesting rather the thought of the "Father in heaven."Do also unto you.--The words cut through the meshes of many theological systems by which men have deceived themselves. Men have trusted in the self-assurance of justification, in the absolving words of the priest, as though they were final and irreversible. The parable teaches that the debt may come back. If faith does not work by love, it ceases to justify. If the man bind himself once again to his old evil nature, the absolution is annulled. The characters of the discharge are traced (to use another similitude) as in sympathetic ink, and appear or disappear according to the greater or less glow of the faith and love of the pardoned debtor.From your hearts.--A verbal, formal forgiveness does not satisfy the demands of the divine righteousness. God does not so forgive, neither should man.Every one his brother their trespasses.--The two last words are not in some of the best MSS., and have probably been added to make the verse correspond with Matthew 6:14-15.