Luke 6:27
But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you;
Noyes 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, when all men speak well of you! for so did their fathers of the false prophets.
28bless those who curse you; pray for those who are spiteful to you.
Cross References
Psalms 7:4If I have rendered evil to my friend, Or have despoiled him that without cause is mine enemy,—
Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But it is the glory of kings to search out a matter.
Matthew 5:43Ye have heard that it was said, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.”
Luke 6:22Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man.
Luke 8:8And others fell upon good ground, and sprung up, and bore fruit, a hundred-fold. While saying these things, he cried aloud, 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 →