So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if you from your hearts forgive not everyone his brother their trespasses.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
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. He did not say "your Father," but "My Father." For such as these are unworthy to have God as their Father. He wants us to forgive from our hearts and not only from our lips. Understand, then, what a great evil is remembrance of wrongs, since it revokes the gift of God; though God does not repent of His gifts, nevertheless they are revoked.