Matthew 6:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 18:35 : 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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  • Matt 6:12-14
    3 verses
    93%

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

    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.

  • Mark 11:25-26
    2 verses
    93%

    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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    89%

    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 6:35-37
    3 verses
    78%

    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:

  • Luke 17:3-4
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    78%

    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.

  • Matt 12:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    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.

    33 Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

  • Luke 11:4
    74%

    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 12:9-10
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    74%

    9 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.

    10 And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

  • Matt 6:1
    74%

    1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

  • 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:

    29 But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

  • Matt 6:16
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    16 And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

  • Col 3:13
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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:

  • Matt 6:8-9
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    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.

  • 2 Cor 2:10
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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;

  • Matt 6:18
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    18 So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

  • Matt 18:15
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    15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

  • Matt 5:23-24
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    23 If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,

    24 While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

  • 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.

  • Matt 18:21-22
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    71%

    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.

  • Matt 10:32-33
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    32 To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.

    33 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

  • Luke 6:31
    71%

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

  • John 20:23
    70%

    23 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.

  • Matt 5:48
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    48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

  • John 10:37
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    37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

  • Matt 7:11
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    11 If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

  • Acts 8:22
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    22 Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.

  • Matt 6:4
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    4 So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

  • Matt 18:17
    69%

    17 And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.

  • Mark 4:12
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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.

  • Matt 5:45
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    45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

  • Matt 15:5-6
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    5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

    6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

  • Matt 18:30
    69%

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