Matthew 6:9-13

and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

“Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Here, the word “debts” means “sins.”c We all owe God obedience. So when we disobey him, or sin against him, we accumulate debt, as it were. Jehovah, though, is willing to forgive that debt when we kindly forgive those who sin against us.​—Matthew 18:21-35.