Matthew / Question
Right after the model prayer, Jesus connects forgiveness with God’s forgiveness Matthew 6:14. He states the negative parallel as well, linking refusal to forgive with not being forgiven Matthew 6:15.
In Matthew 6:9–15, Jesus gives a pattern for prayer that starts with God—his honor, reign, and will—and then turns to human needs: food for today, forgiveness, and protection from testing and evil. The prayer links asking for forgiveness with choosing to forgive others. This passage sits in the middle of Jesus’ teaching about everyday devotion within the larger Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7).
Jesus presents a model prayer that begins with God: God’s name being treated as holy, God’s reign arriving, and God’s will being done on earth as it is in heaven (verses 9–10). Only after that does it move to human needs: daily provision, forgiveness, and protection from testing and evil (verses 11–13).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Matthew 6:14, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.