Luke 7:42
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42 (A)When they could not pay, he (B)cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
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Colossians 3:13
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13 (A)bearing with one another and, (B)if one has a complaint against another, (C)forgiving each other; (D)as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
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Ephesians 4:32
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32 (A)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (B)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
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Galatians 3:10
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The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
10 For all who rely on works of the law are (A)under a curse; for it is written, (B)“Cursed be everyone who does not (C)abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”
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Romans 5:6
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6 For (A)while we were still weak, at the right time (B)Christ died for the ungodly.
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Romans 4:5-8
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5 And to the one who does not work but (A)believes in[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 (B)“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not (C)count his sin.”
Footnotes
- Romans 4:5 Or but trusts; compare verse 24
Romans 3:24
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24 (A)and are justified (B)by his grace as a gift, (C)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
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Acts 13:38-39
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38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, (A)that through this man (B)forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by him (C)everyone who believes is freed[a] from everything (D)from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
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- Acts 13:39 Greek justified; twice in this verse
Matthew 18:34
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34 (A)And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,[a] (B)until he should pay all his debt.
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- Matthew 18:34 Greek torturers
Matthew 18:25-26
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Micah 7:18-20
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God's Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 (A)Who is a God like you, (B)pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
(C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (E)again have compassion on us;
(F)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(G)You will cast all our[a] sins
into the depths of the sea.
20 (H)You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
(I)as you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:19 Hebrew their
Daniel 9:18-19
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18 (A)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (B)our desolations, and (C)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. (D)Delay not, (E)for your own sake, O my God, because (F)your city and (G)your people are called by your name.”
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Jeremiah 31:33-34
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33 (A)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: (B)I will put my law within them, and I will write it (C)on their hearts. (D)And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ (E)for they shall all know me, (F)from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For (G)I will forgive their iniquity, and (H)I will remember their sin no more.”
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Isaiah 44:22
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22 (A)I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 43:25
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25 “I, I am he
(A)who blots out (B)your transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.
Psalm 103:3
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Psalm 51:1-3
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Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when (A)Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51 (B)Have mercy on me,[a] O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your (C)abundant mercy
(D)blot out my transgressions.
2 (E)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and (F)cleanse me from my sin!
3 (G)For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 51:1 Or Be gracious to me
Psalm 49:7-8
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7 Truly no man (A)can ransom another,
or (B)give to God (C)the price of his life,
8 for (D)the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
Psalm 32:1-5
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Blessed Are the Forgiven
A Maskil[a] of David.
32 (A)Blessed is the one whose (B)transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord (C)counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit (D)there is no deceit.
3 For when I kept silent, my (E)bones wasted away
through my (F)groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your (G)hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah
5 I (H)acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I (I)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed
Matthew 6:12
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12 and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
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