Matthew 6:12

“And forgive us our debts, etc.] Nothing is more frequent in the Jewish writings than to call sins ybwj, “debts”; and the phrase, of forgiving, is used both of God and men. Thus the prayer of Solomon is paraphrased f413 by the Targumist: “and hear thou the petition of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make before this place; and do thou receive it from the place of the house of thy Shekinah, from heaven; and do thou accept their prayer ˆwhybwjl qbçtw, “and forgive their debts”.” So Joseph’s brethren signify to him, that it was their father’s orders to say unto him, “forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin”; which is rendered by the Chaldee…”

“And forgive us our debts--A vitally important view of sin, this--as an offense against God demanding reparation to His dishonored claims upon our absolute subjection. As the debtor in the creditor's hand, so is the sinner in the hands of God. This idea of sin had indeed come up before in this discourse--in the warning to agree with our adversary quickly, in case of sentence being passed upon us, adjudging us to payment of the last farthing, and to imprisonment till then (Mat 5:25-26). And it comes up once and again in our Lord's subsequent teaching--as in the parable of the creditor and his two debtors (Luk 7:41, &c.), and in the parable of the unmerciful debtor (Mat 18:23, &c.). But by…”

“This passage contains the Lord’s prayer, a composition unequalled for comprehensiveness and for beauty. It is supposed that some of these petitions were taken from those in common use among the Jews. Indeed some of them are still to be found in Jewish writings, but they did not exist in this beautiful combination. This prayer is given as a “model.” It is designed to express the “manner” in which we are to pray, evidently not the precise words or petitions which we are to use. The substance of the prayer is recorded by Luke, Luke 11:2-4. In Luke, however, it varies from the form given in Matthew, showing that he intended not to prescribe this as a form of prayer to be used always, but to…”

“And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors - Give us, O Lord, redemption in thy blood, even the forgiveness of sins: as thou enablest us freely and fully to forgive every man, so do thou forgive all our trespasses. Matthew 6:13”

“6:12 as we have forgiven (see also 6:14-15; 18:21-35): Forgiving others is a reflection of a repentant, regenerate heart, which makes our own forgiveness possible. Those who have experienced God’s forgiveness will forgive. Jesus implies that those who are unwilling to forgive have not perceived God’s mercy, and perhaps have never truly repented.”

“forgive: Exo 34:7; Kg1 8:30, Kg1 8:34, Kg1 8:39, Kg1 8:50; Psa 32:1, Psa 130:4; Isa 1:18; Dan 9:19; Act 13:38; Eph 1:7; Jo1 1:7-9 debts: Mat 18:21-27, Mat 18:34; Luk 7:40-48, Luk 11:4 as: Mat 6:14, Mat 6:15, Mat 18:21, Mat 18:22, Mat 18:28-35; Neh 5:12, Neh 5:13; Mar 11:25, Mar 11:26; Luk 6:37, Luk 17:3-5; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13 Matthew 6:13”