Why is The Lords Prayer have debts and detors?

Answer 1

In the "Lord's Prayer," Jesus said "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Jesus is referring to our "debts" or sins against our heavenly father, and our "debts" or sins against one another. He was showing the relationship of how we deal with each other, and that God would deal with us in like manner, and upon the basis of how we forgive each other of trespasses (or sins), is how God will chose to forgive us of our trespasses (sins). The Contemporary English Bible words this scripture at Matthew 6:12 as "Forgive us for doing wrong, as we forgive others." This is not the only occassion that Jesus used the term debt when refering to sin and how God would deal with us. At Matthew 18:23-35, Jesus used a parable about a slave that owed his master a huge debt that he would never be able to pay. In an act of great mercy, the master cancelled the debt. But that same slave later refused to give mercy to a fellow slave for a much lower debt. When the master found out about it, he became angry and had the first slave thrown into prison. Jesus summed up the parable by saying in verse 35," In like manner my heavenly Father will also deal with YOU if YOU do not forgive each one his brother from YOUR hearts."