Mark 11:25-26 And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have ought against any… A young Greenlander said to a missionary, "I do love Jesus — I would do anything for Him; how good of Him to die for me!" The missionary said to him, "Are you sure you would do anything for our dear Lord?" "Yes, I would do anything for Him. What can I do?" The missionary, showing him the Bible, said, "This Book says, 'Thou shalt do no murder.'" "Oh, but that man killed my father." "Our dear Lord Himself says, 'If ye love Me, keep My commandments,' and this is one of them." "Oh," exclaimed the Greenlander, "I do love Jesus! but I — I must —" "Wait a little, calm yourself; think it well over and then come and let me know." He went out, but presently came back, saying, "I cannot decide; one moment I will, the next I will not. Help me to decide." The missionary answered; "When you say, 'I will kill him,' it is the evil spirit trying to gain the victory; when you say, 'I will not,' it is the Spirit of God striving within you." And so speaking, he induced him at length to give up his murderous design. Accordingly the Greenlander sent a message to the murderer of his father, telling him to come and meet him as a friend. He came, with kindness on his lips, but treachery in his heart. For, after he had stayed with him a while, he asked the young man to come and visit him on this side of the river. To this he readily assented, but, on returning to his boat, found that a hole had been pierced in the boat, and cleverly concealed by his enemy, who hoped thereby to destroy him. He stopped the hole, and put off in his boat, which to the surprise and wrath and indignation of the other, who had climbed a high rock on purpose to see him drown, did not sink, but merrily breasted the waves. Then cried the young man to his enemy, "I freely forgive you, for our dear Lord has forgiven me." Parallel Verses KJV: And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. |
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