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Matthew 18:35
35“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
Matthew 18:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”
Context of Matthew 18:35
33Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
Read all of Matthew 18Matthew 18:35 word by word
οὕτως καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ οὐράνιος ποιήσει ὑμῖν ἐὰν μὴ ἀφῆτε ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶνRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- So likewiseοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
- shallποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- heavenlyἐπουράνιοςepouranios · heavenlyG2032
- Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- unto youσύsu · youG4771
- ifἐάνean · ifG1437
- yeἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
- heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- forgiveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
- notμήmē · notG3361
- every oneἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
- trespassesπαράπτωμαparaptōma · trespassG3900
Cross-references for Matthew 18:35
- Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
- Matthew 7:1“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
- Luke 6:37“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
- James 2:13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Proverbs 21:2A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.
- Jeremiah 3:10In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the Lord.
- Zechariah 7:12They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry.
- Luke 16:15He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
- James 4:8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Revelation 2:23I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
Commentaries on Matthew 18:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you - The goodness and indulgence of God towards us is the pattern we should follow in our dealings with others. If we take man for our exemplar we shall err, because our copy is a bad one; and our lives are not likely to be better than the copy we imitate. Follow Christ; be merciful as your Father who is in heaven is merciful. You cannot complain of the fairness of your copy. Reader, hast thou a child, or…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35So likewise - This verse contains the sum or moral of the parable. When Christ has explained one of his own parables, we are to receive it just as he has explained it, and not attempt to draw spiritual instruction from any parts or circumstances which he has not explained. The following seems to be the particulars of the general truth which he meant to teach: 1.that our sins are great. 2.that God freely forgives them. 3.that the offences committed…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-35Verses 21-35 Though we live wholly on mercy and forgiveness, we are backward to forgive the offences of our brethren. This parable shows how much provocation God has from his family on earth, and how untoward his servants are. There are three things in the parable: 1. The master's wonderful clemency. The debt of sin is so great, that we are not able to pay it. See here what every sin deserves; this is the wages of sin, to be sold as a slave. It is the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you: Prison and torture (Matthew 18:34) is a metaphor for hell (see 5:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3535. So likewise--in this spirit, or on this principle. shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 18
- 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
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