28 Bible Verses about forgiving others

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But if you do not forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will not forgive you for your offenses.

You must be kind to one another, you must be tender-hearted, and forgive one another just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

You must bear with one another and forgive one another, if anyone has reason to be offended with anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.

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For if you forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will forgive you too.

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And whenever you stand up to pray, if you have a grievance against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven too may forgive you your offenses."

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And his master's heart was touched, and he let the slave go and canceled the debt.

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That is what my heavenly Father will do to you, if you do not each forgive your brothers from your hearts!"

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

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And if he wrongs you seven times 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 anyone who wrongs us; and do not subject us to temptation.' "

And they divided up his clothes among them by drawing lots for them,

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and so you must now turn around and forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by his remorse.

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When you forgive a man, I forgive him too. For anything I had to forgive has been forgiven on your account, and as in the very presence of Christ,

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The men at table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this man, who even forgives sins?"

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Then Peter came to him and said, "Master, how many times am I to forgive my brother when he wrongs me? Seven times over?"

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Ought you not to have taken pity on your fellow-slave, as I did on you?'

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For I will be merciful to their misdeeds, And I will no longer remember their sins.' "

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"Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."

Do not judge others, and they will not judge you. Do not condemn them, and they will not condemn you. Excuse others and they will excuse you.

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And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven!"

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Jesus said to him, "Not seven times over, I tell you, but seventy-seven times over!

Above all keep your love for one another strong, because love covers up a host of sins.

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But when these are forgiven, there is no more need of offerings for sin.

you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his misguided way will save the man's soul from death, and cover up a host of sins.

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leave your gift right there before the altar and go and make up with your brother; then come back and present your gift.

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Ephesians 4:32

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You must be kind to one another, you must be tender-hearted, and forgive one another just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12-13

As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance. You must bear with one another and forgive one another, if anyone has reason to be offended with anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.

Luke 17:3-4

Look out for yourselves! If your brother wrongs you, take it up with him, and if he repents, forgive him. And if he wrongs you seven times a day, and seven times turns to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."