Luke 6:28
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that calumniate you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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.
Cross References
Ezekiel 36:5Therefore thus saith the Lord God: In the fire of my zeal I have spoken of the rest of the nations, and of all Edom, who have taken my land to themselves, for an inheritance with joy, and with all the heart, and with the mind: and have cast it out to lay it waste.
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. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.
Acts 14:5And when there was an assault made by the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use them contumeliously, and to stone them:
1 Corinthians 4:12And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.
1 Peter 3:9Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may 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 →