Luke 6:28

bless them that curse you; pray for them that abuse you.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 that hear: Love your enemies; do good to them that hate you;

29To him that strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and from him that takes away your mantle, withhold not your coat.

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Cross References

Luke 6:27But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies; do good to them that hate you;

Luke 23:34And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And dividing his clothing into parts, they cast lots.

Acts 14:5But when there was a violent purpose on the part of the Gentiles and of the Jews, with their rulers, to outrage and to stone them,

1 Corinthians 4:12and labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

1 Peter 3:9not repaying evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the other hand, blessing, since you know that for this end you were called, that you might inherit 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 →

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