According to Mark 2:1-12, Jesus claims authority to forgive sins and performs a miraculous cure to prove it. The scribes are angered because they believe that only God has the authority to forgive ...

In John’s Gospel (20:23) Jesus tells the disciples, "If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven".

Jesus came not only to forgive sins, but to make us sons and daughters of God. As such, He frees us from sin and all attachment to it as well. He makes us participants of the Divine Nature (2 ...

After the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, Peter asks Jesus how often he should forgive: Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often ...