Luke 6:35

Instead, love your enemies! Do good things for them! Lend to them, and do not expect them to pay anything back! If you do that, God will give you a big reward. And you will be acting like his children should. Remember that God is kind to people who are not grateful and to people who are wicked, and he expects you to be like that too.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

In Context

34If you lend things or money only to those who you expect will give something back to you, do not expect that God will reward you [RHQ] for doing that. Even sinners lend to other sinners, because they expect them to pay everything back.

36Act mercifully toward others, just like your Father in heaven acts mercifully toward you.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:35‘If one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and is unable to buy what he needs [IDM], others of you must help him like you would help a foreigner who is living among you [DOU] temporarily.

Psalms 112:5Things will go well for those who generously lend money to others and who conduct their businesses honestly.

Proverbs 19:17When we give things to poor people, it is as though we are lending to Yahweh, and he will ◄pay us back/reward us for what we did►.

Matthew 5:44But now listen to what I say to you: Love your enemies as well as your friends, and pray for those who cause you to suffer.

Luke 1:32He will become great. He will be called { People will call him} ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►. God, the Lord, will make him a king [MTY] as his ancestor King David was.

John 13:35If you keep loving each other, everyone who is aware of that [HYP] will know 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 →

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