Mark 11:26

“But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”

Mark 11:26 · direct translation from the Greek
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Translation note· on the manuscripts

This verse is not in the oldest manuscripts nor in the Greek text we follow; many others have it (compare Matthew 6:15).

The context

25And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”

26 · This verse (above)

27And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the high priests and the scribes and the elders come to him

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To study Mark 11 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What did those going before and following Jesus shout as he entered Jerusalem (vv. 8–10)?

  2. 2. What it means

    Why did Jesus say his house will be called “a house of prayer for all the nations” (vv. 15–17)?

  3. 3. How I live it

    Jesus speaks of forgiving while praying (v. 25). Whom could you forgive today, even if only as a first step?

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