John 20:21-23
Legacy Standard Bible
21 So Jesus said to them again, “(A)Peace be with you; (B)as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And when He had said this, He (C)breathed on them and *said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 (D)If you forgive the sins of any, their sins [a]have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- John 20:23 Have previously been forgiven
John 20:21-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! Just as the Father has sent me, I am also sending you.” 22 After saying this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 Whenever you forgive people’s sins, they are forgiven. Whenever you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Read full chapterLegacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org For Permission to Quote Information visit https://www.LSBible.org.
The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.