Browse 10 quotations connecting Jesus with Letting Go, with meanings, source notes and related themes.
Sources represented here include King James Bible — John 16:20, King James Bible — Luke 17:3, King James Bible — Luke 17:4.
“Ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”
The line does not deny sorrow; it frames grief as an experience that can be transformed rather than the final state of a life.
John 16:20 in the King James Version.
“If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.”
This passage does not equate forgiveness with silence about harm: it places honest confrontation and forgiveness in the same sequence when repentance follows.
Luke 17:3 in the King James Version.
“If he trespass against thee seven times in a day ... thou shalt forgive him.”
Repeated offence makes forgiveness harder, which is exactly the point of the passage: the moral demand is not limited to the first easy opportunity to forgive.
Luke 17:4 in the King James Version; the middle repetition is shortened with an ellipsis while preserving the verse’s instruction.
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
The request for forgiveness is made in the middle of injury rather than after conditions become comfortable, giving the line its unusually demanding moral force.
Luke 23:34 in the King James Version.
“Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.”
The short instruction treats forgiveness as a practice rather than merely a feeling: release is something a person does in response to another person’s fault.
Luke 6:37 in the King James Version; excerpt from the verse’s instruction about judgment and forgiveness.
“Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much.”
The line links forgiveness with a transformed response of love, emphasizing that mercy changes the meaning of a person’s past rather than denying it.
Luke 7:47 in the King James Version; Jesus explains the woman’s actions during the meal at the Pharisee’s house.
“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any.”
The instruction makes unresolved resentment relevant even in a private act of prayer: a grievance cannot simply be separated from the way a person approaches reconciliation and mercy.
Mark 11:25 in the King James Version; excerpt from the verse.
“If ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”
The emphasis falls on forgiveness that is more than outward compliance: the teaching demands a response rooted in the heart rather than merely performed.
Matthew 18:35, King James Version; the sentence concludes the parable of the unforgiving servant and returns to forgiveness between people.
“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”
The prayer links asking for mercy with practicing mercy toward other people, making forgiveness a reciprocal moral discipline rather than a one-sided demand.
Matthew 6:12 in the King James Version.
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
Forgiveness is framed as conduct expected from people who themselves depend on mercy, tying belief to the way injury is answered.
Matthew 6:14 in the King James Version.
