23if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'


In Context

20 and this having said, he shewed them his hands and side; the disciples, therefore, rejoiced, having seen the Lord.

21 Jesus, therefore, said to them again, 'Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;'

22 and this having said, he breathed on them, and saith to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit;

23 if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'

24 And Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came;

25 the other disciples, therefore, said to him, 'We have seen the Lord;' and he said to them, 'If I may not see in his hands the mark of the nails, and may put my finger to the mark of the nails, and may put my hand to his side, I will not believe.'

John 20:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:23If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:23whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever'sins ye retain, they are retained.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:23whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Whose soever sins you remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins you retain, they are retained.