forgiveness for others
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14For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses. 15But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.
32And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them. For they know not what they do.” And truly, dividing his garments, they cast lots.
15But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.
21Then Peter, drawing near to him, said: “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Even seven times?” 22Jesus said to him: “I do not say to you, even seven times, but even seventy times seven times. 23Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is compared to a man who was king, who wanted to take account of his servants. 24And when he had begun taking account, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25But since he did not have any way to repay it, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children, and all that he had, in order to repay it. 26But that servant, falling prostrate, begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay it all to you.’
14For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
3Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him. 4And if he has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, ‘I am sorry,’ then forgive him.”
19And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil.
5For there is one God, and one mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,
15But if your brother has sinned against you, go and correct him, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have regained your brother. 16But if he will not listen you, invite with you one or two more, so that every word may stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses. 17And if he will not listen to them, tell the Church. But if he will not listen to the Church, let him be to you like the pagan and the tax collector.
9Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy. 10May your kingdom come. May your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. 11Give us this day our life-sustaining bread. 12And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation. But free us from evil. Amen.