Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation he told us to ask you, 'Please forgive the crime your brothers committed when they wronged you.' Now please forgive us the wrong that we, the servants of your father's God, have done." Joseph cried when he received this message. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practised against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept. Forgive. Matthew 6:12,14,15 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. . . . Matthew 18:35 So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts. Luke 17:3,4 Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him. . . . Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ. Colossians 3:12,13 Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience: . . . they did. Genesis 50:20 You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people. Job 33:27,28 He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved. . . . Psalm 21:11 For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish. Proverbs 28:13 He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy. James 5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much. servants. Genesis 31:42 Unless the God of my father, Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had stood by me, peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday. Genesis 49:25 The God of thy father shall be thy helper, and the Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the deep that lieth beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb. Matthew 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you he shall not lose his reward. Matthew 25:40 And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me. Mark 10:41 And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased at James and John. Galatians 6:10,16 Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of the faith. . . . Philemon 1:8 Wherefore, though I have much confidence in Christ Jesus to command thee that which is to the purpose: 20 wept. Genesis 42:21-24 And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us. . . . Genesis 45:4,5,8 And he said mildly to them: Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said: I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. . . . Context Joseph Comforts His Brothers…16And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died, 17That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practised against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.18And his brethren came to him; and worshipping prostrate on the ground, they said: We are thy servants.… Cross References Genesis 50:16 And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died, Genesis 50:18 And his brethren came to him; and worshipping prostrate on the ground, they said: We are thy servants. 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