²²After saying this, he breathed on them^af and said,^C “Receive the Holy Spirit.^ag ²³If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”^ah

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Footnotes

C he breathed and said to them

Cross references

af Gn 2:7; Ezk 37:9
ag Ps 51:11; Jn 1:33; 14:17; 16:7; Ac 2:4; 8:15; Rm 8:9; Gl 5:25; Ti 3:5; Rv 3:22
ah Mt 16:19; 18:18; Jn 9:41

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

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