Matthew 6:14

Matthew 6:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
• New International Version (NIV)For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Context of Matthew 6:14

12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. “For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. 15But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your offenses. 16“Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

Matthew 6:14 word by word

ἐὰν γὰρ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• ye forgiveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• trespassesπαράπτωμαparaptōma · trespassG3900
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• heavenlyοὐράνιοςouranios · heavenlyG3770
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• willἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for Matthew 6:14

• Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
• Matthew 7:2For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use.
• Matthew 18:21Then Peter approached him and asked, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? As many as seven times?”
• Proverbs 21:13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.
• Mark 11:25And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.”
• Ephesians 4:32And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
• Colossians 3:13bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.
• James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• 1 John 3:10This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.

Commentaries on Matthew 6:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14If ye forgive men - He who shows mercy to men receives mercy from God. For a king to forgive his subjects a hundred millions of treasons against his person and authority, on this one condition, that they wilt henceforth live peaceably with him and with each other, is what we shall never see; and yet this is but the shadow of that which Christ promises on his Father's part to all true penitents. A man can have little regard for his salvation, who refuses…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For if ye forgive men their trespasses - If ye forgive others when they offend or injure you. Your heavenly Father will also forgive you - This is constantly required in the Bible. See the notes at Matthew 6:12. Our Saviour says we should forgive even if the offence be committed seventy times seven times, Matthew 18:22. By this is meant, that when a man asks forgiveness, we are cordially and forever to pardon the offence; we are to declare our willingness…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 Christ saw it needful to show his disciples what must commonly be the matter and method of their prayer. Not that we are tied up to the use of this only, or of this always; yet, without doubt, it is very good to use it. It has much in a little; and it is used acceptably no further than it is used with understanding, and without being needlessly repeated. The petitions are six; the first three relate more expressly to God and his honour, the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. For if ye forgive men, &c.--See on Mt 6:12.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 6:14

• Charitableness
• Forgiveness
• God Continued...
• Motive
• Penitent
• Religion
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Add
• Appear
• Closet
• Consider
• Corrupt
• Countenance
• Despise
• Fast
• Forgive
• Glory

Commentaries on Matthew 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings