Verse 14

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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  • Eph 4:32 : 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the same judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you again.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
  • 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.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.