And when ye stand praying,.... Are about to engage in that work, or are engaged in it, performing it in such a posture; for standing was an usual posture in praying; See Gill on "Mt 6:5";forgive, if ye have ought against any, that your Father also in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
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Mark 11:25
Mark 11:25
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Mark 11 — OverviewMark 11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe are now come to the Passion-Week, the week in which Christ died, and
the great occurrences of that week. I. Christ's riding in triumph into
Jerusalem, ver. 1-11. II. His cursing the barren fig-tree, ver. 12-14.…Mark 11 — OverviewMark 11 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeMark 11:1, Christ rides with triumph into Jerusalem; Mark 11:12, curses the fruitless fig-tree; Mark 11:15, purges the temple; Mark 11:20, exhorts his disciples to stedfastness of faith, and to forgive their enemies;…Mark 11:12-26Mark 11:12-26 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. Christ's cursing the fruitless fig-tree. He had a
convenient resting-place at Bethany, and therefore thither he went at
resting-time; but his work lay at Jerusalem, and thither therefore he
returned…Mark 11:25Mark 11:25 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgestand: Zechariah 3:1; Luke 18:11; Revelation 11:4
forgive: Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 18:23-35; Luke 6:37; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13; James 2:13
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