Luke 6:27

But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets.

28Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that calumniate you.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:4If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.

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

Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings to search out the speech.

Matthew 5:43You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy.

Luke 6:22Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Luke 8:8And other some fell upon good ground; and being sprung up, yielded fruit a hundredfold. Saying these things, he cried out: He that hath 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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