Matthew 6:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`And forgive us our debts, as also 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

Referenced Verses

• Mark 11:25 : 25 `And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;
• Eph 4:32 : 32 and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.
• Exod 34:7 : 7 keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third `generation', and on a fourth.'
• 1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 then Thou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast done, and hast given to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, (for Thou hast known -- Thyself alone -- the heart of all the sons of man),
• Ps 32:1 : 1 By David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression `is' forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
• Ps 130:4 : 4 But with Thee `is' forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.
• Isa 1:18 : 18 Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
• 1 Kgs 8:30 : 30 `Then Thou hast hearkened unto the supplication of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, which they pray towards this place; yea, Thou dost hearken in the place of Thy dwelling, in the heavens -- and Thou hast hearkened, and hast forgiven,
• 1 Kgs 8:34 : 34 then thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and brought them back unto the ground that Thou gavest to their fathers.
• Luke 7:40-48 : 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, `Simon, I have something to say to thee;' and he saith, `Teacher, say on.' 41 `Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty; 42 and they not having `wherewith' to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?' 43 And Simon answering said, `I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, `Rightly thou didst judge.' 44 And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe; 45 a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what `time' I came in, did not cease kissing my feet; 46 with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet; 47 therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.' 48 And he said to her, `Thy sins have been forgiven;'
• Luke 17:3-5 : 3 `Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, 4 and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.' 5 And the apostles said to the Lord, `Add to us faith;'
• Matt 18:21-35 : 21 Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?' 22 Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven. 23 `Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants, 24 and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents, 25 and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made. 26 The servant then, having fallen down, was bowing to him, saying, Sir, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all; 27 and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him. 28 `And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest. 29 His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all; 30 and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing. 31 `And his fellow-servants having seen the things that were done, were grieved exceedingly, and having come, shewed fully to their lord all the things that were done; 32 then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me, 33 did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee? 34 `And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him; 35 so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.'
• Eph 1:7 : 7 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
• Col 3:13 : 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you -- so also ye;
• 1 John 1:7-9 : 7 and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light -- we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin; 8 if we may say -- `we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; 9 if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;
• Acts 13:38 : 38 `Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,
• Luke 11:4 : 4 and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'
• Luke 6:37 : 37 `And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.
• 1 Kgs 8:50 : 50 and hast forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee, even all their transgressions which they have transgressed against Thee, and hast given them mercies before their captors, and they have had mercy `on' them --
• Neh 5:12-13 : 12 And they say, `We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.' And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing; 13 also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, `Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, `Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.
• Dan 9:19 : 19 O lord, hear, O Lord, forgive; O Lord, attend and do; do not delay, for Thine own sake, O my God, for Thy name is called on Thy city, and on Thy people.'
• Matt 6:14-15 : 14 `For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens; 15 but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.