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Matthew 6:12-15 KJV
Matthew · chapter 6 · verses 12–15
12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Matthew 6:12-15 · King James Version
Matthew 6:12-15 in context
10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11Give us this day our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Commentary
Cross references
- Ephesians 4:32
- Mark 11:25
- Ephesians 1:7
- Matthew 18:21-35
- Colossians 3:13
- 1 John 1:7-9
- Luke 11:4
- Luke 6:37
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
- Matthew 26:41
- John 17:15
- Revelation 7:14-17
Key words (Strong's)
- temptationpeirasmosan experiment, attempt, trial, proving, trial, proving the trial made of you by my bodily…G3986 →
- trespassesparaptōmato fall beside or near something, a lapse or deviation from truth and uprightness, a sin…G3900 →
- heavenlyouraniosheavenly, dwelling in heaven, coming from heavenG3770 →
- forgiveaphiēmito send away, to bid going away or depart, of a husband divorcing his wife, to send…G863 →
- deliverrhyomaito draw to one's self, to rescue, to deliver, the delivererG4506 →
- kingdombasileiaroyal power, kingship, dominion, rule, not to be confused with an actual kingdom but…G932 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- debtsopheilēmathat which is owed, that which is justly or legally due, a debt, metaph. offence, sinG3783 →
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When Christ had condemned what was amiss, he directs to do better; for his are reproofs of instruction. Because we know not what to pray for as we ought, he here helps our infirmities, by putting words into our mouths; after this manner therefore pray ye, Mat 6:9.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15