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14 For if you forgive people their trespasses [their [a]reckless and willful sins, [b]leaving them, letting them go, and [c]giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:14 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Matthew 6:14 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
  3. Matthew 6:14 Webster’s New International Dictionary offers this phrase as a definition of the word “forgive.”
  4. Matthew 6:15 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  5. Matthew 6:15 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
  6. Matthew 6:15 Webster’s New International Dictionary offers this phrase as a definition of the word “forgive.”

14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.(A) 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.(B)

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