Matthew 6:15
But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.
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- Matt 18:35 : 35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart.”
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12 and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
14 “For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- Matt 18:32-354 verses89%
32 Then his lord called the first slave and said to him,‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!
33 Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’
34 And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.
35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart.”
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25 Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins.”
- Luke 6:35-373 verses78%
35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.
36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
37 Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
- Luke 17:3-42 verses78%
3 Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying,‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
- Matt 12:31-333 verses76%
31 For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
33 Trees and Their Fruit“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
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4 and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation.”
- Luke 12:9-102 verses74%
9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.
10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
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1 Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
- Mark 3:28-292 verses74%
28 I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.
29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin”
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16 Proper Fasting“When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!
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13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
- Matt 6:8-92 verses73%
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,
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10 If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him– for indeed what I have forgiven(if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,
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18 so that it will not be obvious to others when you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
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15 Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.
- Matt 5:23-242 verses72%
23 So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you,
24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.
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32 Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
- Matt 18:21-222 verses71%
21 Then Peter came to him and said,“Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”
22 Jesus said to him,“Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!
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32 “Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
33 But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.
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31 Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.
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23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone’s sins, they are retained.”
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48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.
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11 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
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22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.
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4 so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
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17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.
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12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”
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45 so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
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5 But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”
6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
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30 But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.