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"sign-up": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/auth/signup?rid=READER_ID", Perhaps one of the most striking aspects of Luke 11:4 is the qualification of the request “And forgive us our sins.” The New Living Translation adds, “as we forgive those who sin against us.” People's Bible Notes for Matthew 6:12. 'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'">. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_rightslot_flex' }}, In other words, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors” does not mean that we are lost if the old unforgiving spirit raises its head just once. 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Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. expires: 365 { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [120, 600] }}, He published his English New Testament in 1526 against the will and law of Henry VIII, and then lived in mortal danger only ten more years till he was betrayed by a friend and executed for his translation crimes. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971063', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_topslot' }}, 'min': 8.50, ən, fɔr-/ to stop being angry with someone who has done something wrong : She apologized and he forgave her. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_btmslot_mobile_flex' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot2' }}]}]; { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_leftslot' }}]}, could not forgive their rudeness When is condone a more appropriate choice than forgive? type: "html5", { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot' }}]}, That's Jesus' final point. No plea is urged, for the atonement had not yet been made. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195467', size: [320, 50] }}, partner: "uarus31" Let us notice at the outset that this petition directly unites two acts: the forgiveness of our sins by God is connected to our forgiveness of sins committed against us. name: "idl_env", { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}]; Luke 11:4. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_t", "finance"); googletag.enableServices(); { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654156' }}, This is a hard teaching. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_topslot' }}, Even though both Greek and Latin New Testaments used words in Matthew 6:12 that meant “debt,” and earlier church fathers (like Augustine) and translators (like Wycliffe) used “debt” language in this verse, for some reason Tyndale preferred “trespasses” (“and forgeve us oure treaspases, even as we forgeve them which treaspas us”). 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It simply involves thinking about someone who has wronged you -- and forgiving them. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195466', size: [728, 90] }}, Do you know the most famous prayer on the planet? {code: 'ad_rightslot', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_rightslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_rightslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, expires: 60 name: "unifiedId", { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [300, 250] }}, And his preference didn’t leave its mark long in the legacy of translations — by 1611, the translators of the King James Version went back to using “debts.”. He didn’t live long enough to make many revisions. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot2' }}]}]; { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195465', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}]; Just as God extends forgiveness to us in Christ, we are called to forgive others. 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And though “debts” is the more accurate translation of Matthew 6:12, God does want us to keep “trespasses” in our minds when praying, especially we twenty-first-century Westerners. },{ }; … We hear it through the filters of our experience, which is different from Jesus’s audience and most of our human ancestors. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195465', size: [300, 250] }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776140', position: 'atf' }}, Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English, 0 && stateHdr.searchDesk ? syncDelay: 3000 'min': 0, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654156' }}, } But trespassing hits us differently, especially when someone commits it against us. Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words. And we are called to forgive them. }; b : to grant relief from payment of forgive a debt. {code: 'ad_topslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_topslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_topslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, New Living Translation. Debtors’ prisons are an archaic thing of the unenlightened past, and we don’t have kings throwing us into them (Matthew 18:23–35). { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '19042093' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195467', size: [320, 100] }}, The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654149' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, 6:12 nkjv). 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