Matthew 6:15

Matthew 6:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
• New International Version (NIV)But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Context of Matthew 6:15

13Do not let us agree to do wrong things. Keep us safe from Satan.” ’ 14Then Jesus said, ‘When other people do wrong things against you, you must forgive them. Then God, your Father in heaven, will also forgive you for the wrong things that you have done. But if you do not forgive other people, then your Father will not forgive you.’ 16Jesus then said, ‘You may decide to fast for some time. But do not look sad so that people know you are doing a special thing. Hypocrites want people to see how good they are. They make their faces dirty. Then other people can see that they are fasting. I tell you this: people have praised them and that is the only gift that they will get. 17But when you fast for some time, you should wash your face. Make your hair look nice.

Matthew 6:15 word by word

ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις οὐδὲ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• ye forgiveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
• notμήmē · notG3361
• menὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• trespassesπαράπτωμαparaptōma · trespassG3900
• neitherοὐδέoude · norG3761
• willἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Commentaries on Matthew 6:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15But if ye forgive not - He who does not awake at the sound of so loud a voice, is not asleep but dead. A vindictive man excludes himself from all hope of eternal life, and himself seals his own damnation. Trespasses - , from and , to fall off. What a remarkable difference there is between this word and , debts, in Matthew 6:12;! Men's sins against us are only their stumblings, or fallings off from the duties they owe us; but our's are debts to God's…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. 1515. But if ye forgive not, &c.--See on Mt 6:12. Fasting (Mt 6:16-18). Having concluded His supplementary directions on the subject of prayer with this Divine Pattern, our Lord now returns to the subject of Unostentatiousness in our deeds of righteousness, in order to give one more illustration of it, in the matter of fasting.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 6:15

• Forgiveness
• Hatred
• Malice
• Motive
• Penitent
• Religion
• Sin

In the dictionaries

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

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