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Luke 6:27

But I say to you who are listening, love your enemies and do good to those who hate 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 to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

28Bless those who curse you and pray for those who mistreat you.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:4If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you must bring it back to him.

Psalms 7:4if I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, 1 or senselessly harmed my enemy without cause, then hear my words. 1

Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, 1 but the glory of kings to search it out. 1

Matthew 5:43You have heard that it was said, 'You must 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 8:8But some fell on good soil and produced a crop that was a hundred times greater.” After Jesus had said these things, he called out, “Whoever 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 →

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