13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown (B)no (C)mercy. (D)Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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Blessed are the merciful,
(A)For they shall obtain mercy.

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15 But (A)if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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13 (A)Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be heard.

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Do Not Judge(A)

37 (B)“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. (C)Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

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But God, (A)who is rich in mercy, because of His (B)great love with which He loved us, (C)even when we were dead in trespasses, (D)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together (E)in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in (F)His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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28 “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’ 29 So his fellow servant fell down [a]at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you [b]all.’ 30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. 31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done. 32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you (A)all that debt because you begged me. 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ 34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.

35 (B)“So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother [c]his trespasses.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:29 NU omits at his feet
  2. Matthew 18:29 NU, M omit all
  3. Matthew 18:35 NU omits his trespasses

25 (A)With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

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Do Not Judge(A)

“Judge[a] (B)not, that you be not judged. For with what [b]judgment you judge, you will be judged; (C)and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:1 Condemn
  2. Matthew 7:2 Condemnation

41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, (A)‘Depart from Me, you cursed, (B)into the everlasting fire prepared for (C)the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

44 “Then they also will answer [a]Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (D)inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And (E)these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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  1. Matthew 25:44 NU, M omit Him

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 (A)We love [a]Him because He first loved us.

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  1. 1 John 4:19 NU omits Him

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (A)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten (B)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, (C)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son (D)to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, (E)if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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12 (F)No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 (G)By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And (H)we have seen and testify that (I)the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 (J)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and (K)he who abides in love abides in God, and God (L)in him.

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18 (A)Who is a God like You,
(B)Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of (C)the remnant of His heritage?

(D)He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in (E)mercy.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:18 Or lovingkindness

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