Luke 6:27
“But I say to you who are listening, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
In Context
28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
Cross References
Matthew 5:43“You have heard that it was said, ‘Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor and hate yoʋr enemy.’
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when others hate you, when they exclude you, reproach you, and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
Luke 8:8But other seed fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundred times more than what was sown.” As he 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 →