Luke 6:28
Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
In Context
27But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
Cross References
Ezekiel 36:5therefore thus says lord LORD: Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, who have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, wit
Luke 6:27But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
Luke 23:34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.
Acts 14:5And as a violent movement developed, both of the Gentiles and of the Jews, with their rulers, to denounce and to stone them,
1 Corinthians 4:12And we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
1 Peter 3:9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.
Matthew Henry on Luke 6:28-37
Exhortations to Justice and Mercy. 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. 29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. 31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. 32 For… Read the whole commentary →