Matthew Chapter 6 verse 14 Holy Bible
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.
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For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you [yours],
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For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
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"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens;
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Matthew 6 : 14 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 14, 15. - For if ye forgive men their trespasses, etc. Matthew only. To insert the reason for having said, in the Lord's Prayer, "as we forgive our debtors," emphasizes the necessity of such forgiveness (cf. also Matthew 18:21, sqq.; Mark 11:25; Ecclus. 28:2-4). Trespasses; παραπτώματα, not ὀφειλήματα (ver. 12). Our Lord uses a word which would forbid any limitation to pecuniary matters. Their trespasses. Omitted by Tischendorf, and bracketed by Westcott and Hort (cf. their 'Introd.,' p. 176). The omission more sharply contrasts "men" and "your Father."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14, 15) The condition implied in the Prayer itself is more distinctly asserted. It is, as we have seen, not an arbitrary condition, but the result of the eternal laws of the divine order. Repentance is the condition of being forgiven, and the temper that does not forgive is ipso facto incompatible with the temper of the penitent. As if for greater emphasis, the truth is presented in both its positive and negative aspects.
