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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.

16 And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy and [g]sour and [h]dreary like the hypocrites, for they put on a dismal countenance, that their fasting may be apparent to and seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward [i]in full already.(A)

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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.”
  7. Matthew 6:16 Martin Luther, cited by Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  8. Matthew 6:16 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
  9. Matthew 6:16 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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)

Fasting

16 “When you fast,(C) do not look somber(D) as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

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