Mark 11 · Verse 26

Mark 11:26

But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Mark 11:26, King James Version

Mark 11:26 in other translations

WEBBut if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.”
YLTand, if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses.'
DARBYBut if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your offences.
WebsterBut if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

What does Mark 11:26 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 26.

(g) "But if ye do" Mt 18:35

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 At the end of this verse, the 7th and 8th verses of Matthew 7. Ask and ye shall receive, etc., are added by M, and sixteen other MSS. The 26th verse is wanting in BLS, seven others, some editions, the Coptic, one Itala, and Theophylact.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 11:19-26

The disciples could not think why that fig-tree should so soon wither away; but all wither who reject Christ; it represented the state of the Jewish church. We should rest in no religion that does not make us fruitful in good works. Christ taught them from hence to pray in faith. It may be applied to that mighty faith with which all true Christians are endued, and which does wonders in spiritual things. It justifies…

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Mark 11:26 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

εἰeiifG1487
δὲdenowG1161
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771
οὖκouknotG3756
ἀφίετε,aphietedo you allowG863
οὐδὲoudenorG3761
ὁhotheG3588
πατὴρpatērfatherG3962
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771
ὁho<the>G3588
ἐνeninG1722
τοῖςtoisto theG3588
οὐρανοῖςouranoisheavensG3772
ἀφήσειaphēseiwill forgiveG863
τὰtatheG3588
παραπτώματαparaptōmatatrespassesG3900
ὑμῶν.¶humōnof youG4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Mark 11:25

    And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

  • Mark 11:26

    But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

  • Mark 11:27

    And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

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Mark 11:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque si vosotros no perdonareis, tampoco vuestro Padre que está en los cielos os perdonará vuestras ofensas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais si vous ne pardonnez pas, votre Père qui est dans les cieux ne pardonnera pas non plus vos fautes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ihr aber nicht vergebet, so wird euer Vater, der in den Himmeln ist, auch eure Übertretungen nicht vergeben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod si vos non dimiseritis: nec Pater vester, qui in cælis est, dimittet vobis peccata vestra.