Matthew 6:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν.

Transliteration

And aphes to us the opheilēmata of us, hōs also we aphiemen to the opheiletais of us.

Grammar Details

• *aphes*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - forgive/release/let go
• *opheilēmata*: accusative, neuter, plural - debts/obligations/trespasses
• *hōs*: comparative adverb - as/like
• *aphiemen*: present active indicative, 1st plural - we forgive/release
• *opheiletais*: dative, masculine, plural - to debtors/those who owe

Word Meanings

• *aphes*: forgive/release/let go/cancel
• *opheilēmata*: debts/obligations/things owed/trespasses/sins
• *aphiemen*: we forgive/we release/we let go
• *opheiletais*: debtors/those who owe/those obligated to us

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And forgeve vs oure treaspases eve as we forgeve oure trespacers.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And forgeue vs oure dettes, as we also forgeue oure detters.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And forgiue vs our dettes, as we also forgiue our detters.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And forgeue vs our dettes, as we forgeue our detters.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 11:25 : 25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone: that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• Eph 4:32 : 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
• Exod 34:7 : 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• 1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 Then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
• Ps 32:1 : 1 Blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
• Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.
• Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• 1 Kgs 8:30 : 30 And listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear in heaven your dwelling place: and when you hear, forgive.
• 1 Kgs 8:34 : 34 Then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again into the land which you gave to their fathers.
• Luke 7:40-48 : 40 And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on. 41 There was a certain creditor who had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him, You have rightly judged. 44 And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet: but she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. 45 You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. 48 And he said to her, Your sins are forgiven.
• Luke 17:3-5 : 3 Take heed to yourselves: If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him. 5 And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.
• Matt 18:21-35 : 21 Then Peter came to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times? 22 Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, Up to seven times: but, Up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all. 27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But that same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred pence; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe. 29 And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and begged him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all. 30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. 31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very sorry, and came and told their lord all that had been done. 32 Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, O wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you? 34 And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. 35 So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you do not forgive from your hearts every one his brother their trespasses.
• Eph 1:7 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;
• Col 3:13 : 13 Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so also do you.
• 1 John 1:7-9 : 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• Acts 13:38 : 38 Let it be known to you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
• Luke 11:4 : 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
• Luke 6:37 : 37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven:
• 1 Kgs 8:50 : 50 And forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you, and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
• Neh 5:12-13 : 12 Then they said, We will restore them, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say. Then I called the priests and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise. 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. Even so may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
• Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act; do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God: for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.
• Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.