Matthew 18:33
New Living Translation
33 Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’
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Colossians 3:13
New Living Translation
13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.
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Ephesians 4:32-5:2
New Living Translation
32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
Living in the Light
5 Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. 2 Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us[a] and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.
Footnotes
- 5:2 Some manuscripts read loved you.
Matthew 6:12
New Living Translation
12 and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
Luke 6:35-36
New Living Translation
35 “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. 36 You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.
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Matthew 5:44-45
New Living Translation
44 But I say, love your enemies![a] Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
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- 5:44 Some manuscripts add Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who hate you. Compare Luke 6:27-28.
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