Among the personal requests in Jesus' Model Prayer for daily sustenance, forgiveness, and deliverance from evil, only forgiveness receives additional comment. Jesus clarifies in Matthew 6:14-15: For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. This instruction emphasizes the request in verse 12: And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Our Savior underscores the severe implications of seeking forgiveness while withholding it from others. As God freely forgives despite horrendous sins against Him, He expects the same mercy from His elect toward others. The verb tenses in this request reveal a condition: the petitioner asks God to forgive as he has already forgiven others, and in Luke 11:4, the continuous tense suggests ongoing forgiveness with the phrase, as we keep forgiving. This implies that while God's initial forgiveness is a singular act of grace, ongoing forgiveness from Him may be withheld if we fail to extend mercy to others.