TOPICAL BIBLE
Forgiveness
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Matthew 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;Matthew 5:40if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;Matthew 5:41and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.Matthew 5:43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.Matthew 5:46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?Matthew 5:47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?Matthew 5:48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.Matthew 6:14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.Matthew 6:15But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.Matthew 18:21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”Matthew 18:22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!Matthew 18:23Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.Matthew 18:24As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him.Matthew 18:25Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.Matthew 18:26Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’Matthew 18:27His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.Matthew 18:28But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’Matthew 18:29So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’Matthew 18:30But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.Matthew 18:31When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.Matthew 18:32Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.Matthew 18:33Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’Matthew 18:34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.Matthew 18:35That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”Mark 11:25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”Mark 11:26Luke 6:27But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,Luke 6:28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.Luke 6:29If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.Luke 6:30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.Luke 6:31Do to others as you would have them do to you.Luke 6:32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.Luke 6:33If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.Luke 6:34And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.Luke 6:36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.Luke 6:37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”Luke 17:3Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.Luke 17:4Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.Romans 12:14Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.Romans 12:19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”Romans 12:20On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”Romans 12:21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.1 Corinthians 4:12We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;1 Corinthians 4:13when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.Ephesians 4:32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.Colossians 3:13Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.Philemon 1:10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.Philemon 1:11Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.Philemon 1:12I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.Philemon 1:13I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.Philemon 1:14But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.Philemon 1:15For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—Philemon 1:16no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.