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But if you do not forgive others, your heavenly Father will not forgive your shortcomings either.
You must practice being kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has graciously forgiven you.
forbearing one another and freely forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; just as the Lord has freely forgiven you, so must you also do.
"For if you forgive others their shortcomings your heavenly Father will forgive you, too.
And whenever you stand and pray, if you have anything against anybody, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven too may forgive you your shortcomings."
And his master's heart was moved with pity, and he let the slave go free with his debt cancelled.
This is the way my heavenly Father too will deal with you, if you do not, each one, heartily forgive your brother."
Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and seven times turns to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who does us wrong, and do not let us be subjected to temptation.'"
so you must do the opposite, freely forgive and comfort him, to keep him from being overwhelmed by his excessive sadness.
The man that you forgive I too forgive. For if I have forgiven him anything, it is what I have forgiven him in the very presence of Christ for your sake,
The men at the table began to say to themselves, "Who is this man, who even forgives sins?"
Then Peter came up to Him and asked, "Lord, how many times may my brother wrong me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven?"
Ought you not to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave, as I too had done for you?'
For I will be merciful to their deeds of wrong, and never, never any more will I recall their sins,'"
If you get forgiveness for people's sins, they are forgiven them; if you let people's sins fasten upon them, they will remain fastened upon them."
Then stop criticizing others, and you will never be criticized; stop condemning others, and you will never be condemned.
Jesus answered him: "I tell you, not as many as seven, but as many as seventy times seven!
Above everything else keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers up a multitude of sins.
For when these are forgiven, there is no more need of an offering for sin.
you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his evil ways will save the man's soul from death, and cover up a multitude of sins.
leave your grit right there at the altar, and first go and make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.
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You must practice being kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has graciously forgiven you.
So as God's own chosen people, consecrated and dearly loved, you must once for all clothe yourselves with tenderheartedness, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience; you must keep on forbearing one another and freely forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; just as the Lord has freely forgiven you, so must you also do.
"Be always looking out for another. If your brother ever sins, reprove him, and if he repents, forgive him. Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and seven times turns to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."
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Forgiving Others Who Hurt You
Matthew 6:14"For if you forgive others their shortcomings your heavenly Father will forgive you, too.
People Forgiving Others
1 Corinthians 13:5It does not act with rudeness, or insist upon its rights; it never gets provoked, it never harbors evil thoughts;
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