Matthew 6:14 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

KJV

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 14.) For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you your offenses. This is what is written: 'I said, you are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High; nevertheless, you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.' (Psalm 82:6-7) This is said to those who have deserved to be called gods because of their offenses. Therefore, rightly are they called men to whom offenses are forgiven.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Not as if this were the only condition required; there must be repentance and faith, and new obedience; but as where other graces are in truth, there will be this, so this will be a good evidence of the sincerity of our other graces. He that relents toward his brother, thereby shows that he repents toward his God. Those which in the prayer are called debts, are here ca

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

If ye forgive men - He who shows mercy to men receives mercy from God. For a king to forgive his subjects a hundred millions of treasons against his person and authority, on this one condition, that they wilt henceforth live peaceably with him and with each other, is what we shall never see; and yet this is but the shadow of that which Christ promises on his Father’s part to all true penitents. A man can have little regard for his salvation, who refuses to have it on such advantageous terms. See Quesnel.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐὰν	ean	If	G1437 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἀφῆτε	aphēte	you shall forgive	G863 →
τοῖς	tois	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώποις	anthrōpois	men	G444 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
παραπτώματα	paraptōmata	trespasses	G3900 →
αὐτῶν,	autōn	of them,	G846 →
ἀφήσει	aphēsei	will forgive	G863 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατὴρ	patēr	Father	G3962 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
οὐράνιος.	ouranios	Heavenly.	G3770 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
leads to
- Matthew 6:14–15
  For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Mark 11:25
  And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Colossians 3:12–13
  Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- 1 Peter 3:8–9
  Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
- 2 Corinthians 2:10
  If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
Through
Colossians 3:13
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:32
  Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 2:13
  For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 4:2
  with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,