Luke 6:27
But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Majority Standard Bible
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 speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Cross References
Exodus 23:4If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
Matthew 5:43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Luke 8:8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has 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 →