Luke 6:27

But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

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In The King James Version

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

In Context

26Woe to you when men will have blessed you. For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets.

28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who slander you.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:4If you come across an ox or a donkey of your enemy, which has gone astray, lead it back to him.

Psalms 7:4O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:

Proverbs 25:2It is to the glory of God to conceal a word, and it is to the glory of kings to investigate speech.

Matthew 5:43You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and you shall have hatred for your enemy.’

Luke 6:22Blessed shall you be when men will have hated you, and when they will have separated you and reproached you, and thrown out your name as if evil, because of the Son of man.

Luke 8:8And some fell upon good soil; and having sprung up, it produced fruit one hundredfold.” As he said these things, he cried out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:21-27

Blessings and Woes. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the… Read the whole commentary →

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