Luke 6:35
No: love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting to be repaid anything. Then you will receive a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God, for he is kind to ungrateful and wicked people.
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36Be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35If any of your people become poor and can't survive, you must help them in the same way you would help a foreigner or a stranger, so that they can go on living in your neighborhood.
Psalms 112:5Good things come to those who are generous in their lending and are honest in doing business.
Proverbs 19:17If you're kind to the poor, you're lending to the Lord, and he will repay you well for what you've done.
Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Luke 1:32He will be very great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
John 13:35If you love one another you will prove to everyone that you are my disciples.”
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 →