Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.

"If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done.

And Jesus concluded, "That is how my Father in heaven will treat every one of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."

So watch what you do! "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

If he sins against you seven times in one day, and each time he comes to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.

You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for his own. So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you.

You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good, in order to preserve the lives of many people who are alive today because of what happened.

Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.

He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive."

They make their plans, and plot against him, but they will not succeed.

You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.

So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.

If the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac, had not been with me, you would have already sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my trouble and the work I have done, and last night he gave his judgment."

It is your father's God who helps you, The Almighty God who blesses you With blessings of rain from above And of deep waters from beneath the ground, Blessings of many cattle and children,

You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of these my followers because he is my follower, will certainly receive a reward."

The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!'

When the other ten disciples heard about it, they became angry with James and John.

So then, as often as we have the chance, we should do good to everyone, and especially to those who belong to our family in the faith.

As for those who follow this rule in their lives, may peace and mercy be with them---with them and with all of God's people!

For this reason I could be bold enough, as your brother in Christ, to order you to do what should be done.

So I make a request to you on behalf of Onesimus, who is my own son in Christ; for while in prison I have become his spiritual father.

I am sending him back to you now, and with him goes my heart.

However, I do not want to force you to help me; rather, I would like for you to do it of your own free will. So I will not do anything unless you agree.

And now he is not just a slave, but much more than a slave: he is a dear brother in Christ. How much he means to me! And how much more he will mean to you, both as a slave and as a brother in the Lord!

If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to my account.

So, my brother, please do me this favor for the Lord's sake; as a brother in Christ, cheer me up!

and said to one another, "Yes, now we are suffering the consequences of what we did to our brother; we saw the great trouble he was in when he begged for help, but we would not listen. That is why we are in this trouble now."

Joseph understood what they said, but they did not know it, because they had been speaking to him through an interpreter.

Then Joseph said to them, "Please come closer." They did, and he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

Now do not be upset or blame yourselves because you sold me here. It was really God who sent me ahead of you to save people's lives.

So it was not really you who sent me here, but God. He has made me the king's highest official. I am in charge of his whole country; I am the ruler of all Egypt.