John 20:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.”
John 20:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
John 20:23 in 6 Bible Translations
Read John 20:23 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
John 20:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.””
John 20:23 — World English Bible
John 20:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.”
John 20:23 — American Standard Version
John 20:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'”
John 20:23 — Young's Literal Translation
John 20:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.”
John 20:23 — Darby Translation
John 20:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Whosoeuers sinnes ye remit, they are remitted vnto them: and whosoeuers sinnes ye reteine, they are reteined.”
John 20:23 — Geneva Bible
John 20:23 in Context — John 20
21 Jésus leur dit de nouveau: La paix soit avec vous!Comme le Père m’a envoyé, moi aussi je vous envoie.
22 Après ces paroles, il souffla sur eux, et leur dit: Recevez le Saint-Esprit.
23 Ceux à qui vous pardonnerez les péchés, ils leur seront pardonnés; et ceux à qui vous les retiendrez, ils leur seront retenus.
24 Thomas, appelé Didyme, l’un des douze, n’était pas avec eux lorsque Jésus vint.
25 Les autres disciples lui dirent donc: Nous avons vu le Seigneur. Mais il leur dit: Si je ne vois dans ses mains la marque des clous, et si je ne mets mon doigt dans la marque des clous, et si je ne mets ma main dans son côté, je ne croirai point.
What Does John 20:23 Mean?
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