Luke 6:27
“But I tell you who hear: show agapao ·total devotion love· to your enemies, do good to those who hate and detest you,
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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 men speak well of you, 2 for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
Cross References
Exodus 23:4“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me 2 (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), 2
Proverbs 25:2It is the kavod ·weighty glory· of God to conceal a thing, 2 but the kavod ·weighty glory· of kings is to search out a matter. 1
Matthew 5:43“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall show agapao ·total devoted love· to your neighbor + 5:43. Quoted from Lev 19:18 and hate and detest your enemy.’
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake. 2
Luke 8:8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him sh'ma ·hear obey·!”
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 →