Matthew 6:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Mark 11:25 : 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.
  • Eph 4:32 : 32 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
  • Exod 34:7 : 7 Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
  • 1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:
  • Ps 32:1 : 1 <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.
  • Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
  • Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?
  • 1 Kgs 8:30 : 30 Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.
  • 1 Kgs 8:34 : 34 Then give ear in heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again into the land which you gave to their fathers.
  • Luke 7:40-48 : 40 And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on. 41 And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty. 42 When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him? 43 Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right. 44 And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet. 46 You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet. 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.
  • Luke 17:3-5 : 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. 4 And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness. 5 And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.
  • Matt 18:21-35 : 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? 22 Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven. 23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants. 24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents. 25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made. 26 So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all. 27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt. 28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt. 29 So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you. 30 And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt. 31 So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done. 32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me: 33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you? 34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt. 35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
  • Col 3:13 : 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:
  • 1 John 1:7-9 : 7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us. 9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
  • Acts 13:38 : 38 And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you:
  • Luke 11:4 : 4 May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.
  • Luke 6:37 : 37 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:
  • 1 Kgs 8:50 : 50 Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;
  • Neh 5:12-13 : 12 Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement. 13 And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.
  • Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.
  • Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven. 15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 11:1-4
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    1 And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?

    2 And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.

    3 Give us every day bread for our needs.

    4 May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

  • Matt 6:7-11
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    7 And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

    8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

    9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

    10 Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

    11 Give us this day bread for our needs.

  • Matt 6:13-15
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    13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

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

    15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

  • Mark 11:25-26
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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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  • Matt 18:32-35
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    32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

    33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

    34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

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

  • Luke 6:34-37
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    34 And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.

    35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

    36 Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

    37 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

  • Matt 18:25-30
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    25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

    26 So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.

    27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.

    28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

    29 So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

    30 And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

  • Luke 17:3-5
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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.

    4 And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

    5 And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

  • Eph 4:32
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    32 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:50
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    50 Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;

  • 2 Cor 2:10
    72%

    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;

  • Luke 6:30-31
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    72%

    30 Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

    31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • Col 3:13
    71%

    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:

  • Dan 9:9
    71%

    9 With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;

  • Matt 18:21-22
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    70%

    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?

    22 Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.

  • Jer 14:20
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    20 We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.

  • Lam 3:42
    69%

    42 We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness.

  • Ps 79:8
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    8 Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

  • 1 John 1:9
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    9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

  • Matt 12:31
    68%

    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.

  • Matt 6:31-32
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    31 Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

    32 Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

  • Col 1:14
    68%

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

  • Luke 23:34
    68%

    34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

  • Luke 6:28
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    28 Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.