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 lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’ For if you forgive other people for their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive other people, then your Father will not forgive your offenses. 16“Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

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

• For ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• you forgiveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
• peopleἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• offensesπαράπτωμαparaptōma · trespassG3900
• your heavenlyοὐράνιοςouranios · heavenlyG3770
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• will 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 in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
• Matthew 18:21Then Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me and I still forgive him? Up to seven times?”
• Proverbs 21:13One who shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor Will also call out himself, and not be answered.
• Mark 11:25And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you for your offenses.
• Ephesians 4:32Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
• Colossians 3:13bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also.
• James 2:13For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
• 1 John 3:10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother and 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