John 20:23
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Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
In other translations
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
Greek words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Greek New Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Words marked TR or NA appear in only one of the two main Greek texts.
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