Matthew 6:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But if you do not forgive the wrongs people have done [to you], neither will your Father forgive the wrongs you have done [to Him].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Common English Bible

But if you don’t forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your sins.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.

Matthew 6:15 Cross References

Matthew 18:35

In the same way my heavenly Father will also deal with you [i.e., punish you] unless every one of you forgives his brother from the heart.”

Matthew 5:7

“Those persons who show mercy [toward others] are blessed because they will be shown mercy [themselves].

Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive the wrongs people have done [to you], your heavenly Father will also forgive the wrongs you have done [to Him].

Mark 11:26

{This verse is absent from many ancient manuscripts}.