"But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."
Home “ But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” [Luke 18:13] "But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." A nd when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Since our Father knows the things we have need of, even before we ask Him, then it is reasonable to ask,"Why pray at all?...