32 (A)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (B)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

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(C)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

14 (A)For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 (B)but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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26 (A)“With the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the (B)blameless man you show yourself blameless;

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33 (A)And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ 34 (B)And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,[a] (C)until he should pay all his debt. 35 (D)So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother (E)from your heart.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:34 Greek torturers

25 With (A)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

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17 But (A)the wisdom from above is first pure, then (B)peaceable, gentle, open to reason, (C)full of mercy and good fruits, (D)impartial and (E)sincere.

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12 (A)Put on then, as (B)God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, (C)compassionate hearts, (D)kindness, (E)humility, meekness, and patience,

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

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He has told you, O man, what is good;
    and (A)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[a]
    and to (B)walk humbly with your God?

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  1. Micah 6:8 Or steadfast love

35 But (A)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and (B)you will be sons of (C)the Most High, for (D)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

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10 For (A)God is not unjust so as to overlook (B)your work and the love that you have shown for his name in (C)serving the saints, as you still do.

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16 (A)Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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O Lord, Be Gracious to Me

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

41 (A)Blessed is the one who considers the poor![a]
    (B)In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
    he is called blessed in the land;
    you (C)do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;
    in his illness you restore him to full health.[b]

As for me, I said, “O Lord, (D)be gracious to me;
    (E)heal me,[c] for I have sinned against you!”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 41:1 Or weak
  2. Psalm 41:3 Hebrew you turn all his bed
  3. Psalm 41:4 Hebrew my soul

27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by (A)practicing righteousness, (B)and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, (C)that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

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17 (A)A man who is kind benefits himself,
    but a cruel man hurts himself.

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10 (A)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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21 Whoever (A)despises his neighbor is a sinner,
    but (B)blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

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25 And whenever (A)you stand praying, (B)forgive, (C)if you have anything against anyone, so that (D)your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:25 Some manuscripts add verse 26: But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses

The Unmarried and the Widowed

25 Now concerning[a] the betrothed,[b] (A)I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as (B)one who by the Lord's mercy is (C)trustworthy.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:25 The expression Now concerning introduces a reply to a question in the Corinthians' letter; see 7:1
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:25 Greek virgins

Israel's Unfaithfulness Punished

[a] Say to your brothers, (A)“You are my people,”[b] and to your sisters, (B)“You have received mercy.”[c]

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  1. Hosea 2:1 Ch 2:3 in Hebrew
  2. Hosea 2:1 Hebrew ammi, which means my people
  3. Hosea 2:1 Hebrew ruhama, which means she has received mercy

“Is not this the fast that I choose:
    (A)to loose the bonds of wickedness,
    to undo the straps (B)of the yoke,
to let the oppressed[a] go free,
    and to break every yoke?
Is it not (C)to share your bread with the hungry
    and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
    (D)and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
(E)Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
    (F)and your healing shall spring up speedily;
(G)your righteousness shall go before you;
    (H)the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
    you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away (I)the yoke from your midst,
    (J)the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 (K)if you pour yourself out for the hungry
    and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
(L)then shall your light rise in the darkness
    and your gloom be as the noonday.
11 And the Lord will guide you continually
    and satisfy your desire in scorched places
    and make your bones strong;
and you shall be (M)like a watered garden,
    like a spring of water,
    whose waters do not fail.
12 (N)And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
    you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
    the restorer of streets to dwell in.

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  1. Isaiah 58:6 Or bruised

He has (A)distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
    his righteousness endures forever;
    his (B)horn is exalted in honor.

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Light dawns in the darkness (A)for the upright;
    he is gracious, merciful, and (B)righteous.

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