John 20:23
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
In context
21 Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
22 When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
24 Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”
John 20:23 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
- KJV King James Version
- Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
- WEB World English Bible
- If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.