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15 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their [a]reckless and willful sins, [b]leaving them, letting them go, and [c]giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses.

16 And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy and [d]sour and [e]dreary like the hypocrites, for they put on a dismal countenance, that their fasting may be apparent to and seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward [f]in full already.(A)

17 But when you fast, perfume your head and wash your face,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:15 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Matthew 6:15 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
  3. Matthew 6:15 Webster’s New International Dictionary offers this phrase as a definition of the word “forgive.”
  4. Matthew 6:16 Martin Luther, cited by Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  5. Matthew 6:16 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
  6. Matthew 6:16 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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