4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
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And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. …
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. …
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)Prayer is one of the great laws of natural religion. That man is a brute, is a monster, that never prays, that never gives glory to his Maker, nor feels his favour, nor owns his dependence upon him. One great design therefore of Christianity is to assist us in prayer , to enforce the duty upon us, to instruct us in it, and encourage us to expect advantage by it. Now here, I. We find Christ himself…
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