John 20:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins.

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  • Matt 16:19 : 19 I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.
  • Matt 18:18 : 18 Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.
  • Acts 10:43 : 43 To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.
  • Acts 13:38-39 : 38 And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you: 39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.
  • Mark 2:5-9 : 5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins. 6 But there were certain of the scribes seated there, and reasoning in their hearts, 7 Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only? 8 And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? 9 Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go? 10 But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)
  • Acts 2:38 : 38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.
  • 2 Cor 2:6-9 : 6 Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him; 7 So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great. 8 For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts. 9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things. 10 But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
  • 1 Tim 1:20 : 20 Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have given up to Satan, so that they may say no more evil words against God.
  • 1 Cor 5:4 : 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

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    20 And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

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    22 And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:

  • Mark 3:28-29
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    28 Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:

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  • Luke 7:47-49
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    47 And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

    48 And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins.

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    31 So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

    32 And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

  • Luke 5:20-21
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    20 And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.

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    18 Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

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    23 Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

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    14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

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    10 But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

  • Mark 2:9-10
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    9 Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?

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  • Mark 2:5
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    5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.

  • Matt 9:5-6
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    5 For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

    6 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

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    7 Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only?

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    25 And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

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    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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    38 And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you:

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    3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

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    7 Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.

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    41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

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    43 Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.

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    14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

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    2 And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

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    21 Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

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    13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

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    15 And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:

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    12 And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

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    12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.