Luke 6:28
bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
In Context
27“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Cross References
Luke 6:27“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And dividing His garments, they cast lots.
Acts 14:5And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them,
1 Corinthians 4:12And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
1 Peter 3:9not rendering evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called for this purpose, 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 →