Trespasses (παραπτωματα). This is no part of the Model Prayer. The word "trespass" is literally "falling to one side," a lapse or …

If you forgive—if you pardon.

Trespasses. Offences, faults. If you forgive others when they offend or injure you, this is …

The condition implied in the Prayer itself is asserted more distinctly. As we have seen, it is not an arbitrary condition but the result of the ete…

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will yo…

Rabanus Maurus: With the word "Amen," He shows that the Lord will certainly grant all things that are rightly requested by tho…

These verses reinforce the thought of the fifth petition (see comment on v.12). The repetition serves to stress the deep importance for the communi…

Here Christ only explains the reason why that condition was added: Forgive us, as we forgive. The reason is that God will not be ready to …

For if you forgive men their trespasses
Christ here refers to the petition in (Matthew 6:12) which is en…

Christ saw it necessary to show His disciples what must commonly be the subject and method of their prayer. Not that we are restricted to the use o…

Therefore, this is how you shall pray. Above, the Lord taught the manner of praying: namely, that we avoid both the vanit…