29 Bible Verses about forgiving others

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But if you don’t forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.

And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.

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“For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.

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And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.

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Then the master of that slave had compassion, released him, and forgave him the loan.

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[But if you don’t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing.]”

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So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart.”

And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.

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And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves also forgive everyone
in debt to us.
And do not bring us into temptation.”

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

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As a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, this one may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.

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If you forgive anyone, I do too. For what I have forgiven—if I have forgiven anything—it is for you in the presence of Christ.

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Those who were at the table with Him began to say among themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”

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Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how many times could my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

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Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’

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For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins.

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If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

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Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

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“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus said to him, “but 70 times seven.

Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins.

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Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.

let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his life from death and cover a multitude of sins.

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leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

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Because of Your name, Yahweh,
forgive my sin, for it is great.

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Ephesians 4:32

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And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

Colossians 3:12-13

Therefore, God's chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also you must [forgive].

Luke 17:3-4

Be on your guard. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."