New Testament · SCRIPTURE
John 20:23
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If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
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Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.
KJV text & permissions
If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.
ASV text & permissions
If you⁺ might forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you⁺ might retain any, they are retained.”
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
John 20
21 Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
22 When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
24 Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”
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