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John 20:23

American Standard Version

whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

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John 20:23 in other translations

If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”

John 20:23 · World English Bible

John 20:23 in context

  1. 21Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
  2. 22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit:
  3. 23whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
  4. 24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
  5. 25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.