Luke 6:27
“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
World English Bible British
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, 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 (yes, I have plundered him who without cause was my adversary),
Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Matthew 5:43“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
Luke 8:8Some 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 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 →