Matthew 6:14 meaning and explanation

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:14, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus has just taught his disciples the Lord's Prayer, which asks the Father to forgive "our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors" (verse 12). Here he singles out that one petition and presses it home.

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