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Mark 11:25

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

KJV

καὶ ὅταν στήκετε προσευχόμενοι, ἀφίετε εἴ τι ἔχετε κατά τινος, ἵνα καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἀφῇ ὑμῖν τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν.

Greek NT

Et cum stabitis ad orandum, dimittite si quid habetis adversus aliquem : ut et Pater vester, qui in cælis est, dimittat vobis peccata vestra.

Vulgate

And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

ASV

And when you shall stand to pray, forgive, if you have aught against any man: that your Father also, who is in heaven, may forgive you your sins.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
παράπτωμα
paraptoma
noun · 19×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
στήκω
steko
verb · 12×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: στήκετε | WH/Treg/NIV: στήκετε | RP: στήκητε
  • στήκετεSBLGNT
  • στήκετεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • στήκητεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ὑμῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑμῶν | RP: + 26 Εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς οὖκ ἀφίετε, οὐδὲ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν
  • ὑμῶνSBLGNT
  • ὑμῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + 26 Εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς οὖκ ἀφίετε, οὐδὲ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2841This petition is so important that it is the only one to which the Lord returns and which he develops explicitly in the Sermon on the Mount.137 This crucial requirement of the covenant mystery is impossible for man. But "with God all things are possible."138 . . . as we forgive those who trespass against us
1. You have heard how much Paul found fault with the Hebrews for wishing to be always learning about the same things. And with good reason: For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, you have need again that some one teach you the elements of the first principles of the oracles of God. Hebrews 5:12 I am afraid that this might fitly be said to you also, that when for the tim…
Abba Macarius said, "If we dwell upon the harms that have been wrought on us by men, we cut off from our mind the power of dwelling upon God."

Cross-references

  • Col 3:13 — Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
  • Col 3:13 — Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
  • Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
  • Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
  • Jas 2:13 — For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
  • Luke 6:37 — Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
  • Luke 6:37 — Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
  • Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
  • Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
  • Matt 5:7 — Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
  • Matt 5:23 — Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
  • Matt 5:23 — Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
  • Matt 6:5 — And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
  • Matt 6:5 — And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
  • Matt 6:12 — And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
  • Matt 6:12 — And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
  • Matt 6:14 — For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
  • Matt 6:14 — For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
  • Matt 18:22 — Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
  • Matt 18:23 — Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
  • Matt 18:35 — So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
  • Phlm 1:12 — Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
  • Rev 11:4 — These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
  • Zech 3:1 — And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.