Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
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Quoting the Bible, she said: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
The proceedings were similar to those which took place throughout the western world and in far-away missionary lands�a multitudinous echoing of the cry of Christ: "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do."
From Time Magazine Archive
There is, of course, dramatic precedent for forgiving the unrepentant: the words of Jesus on the Cross, praying, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
From Time Magazine Archive
Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.
From Paradoxes of Catholicism by Benson, Robert Hugh
Christian nations need to read again Christ's prayer upon the Cross, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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