Luke 6:36

Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father is also merciful.

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In The King James Version

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

In Context

35So truly, love your enemies. Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.

37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

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Cross References

Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and outcry and blasphemy be taken away from you, along with all malice.

1 Peter 1:15but in accord with him who has called you: the Holy One. And in every behavior, you yourself must be holy,

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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