Luke 6:28
and bless those who execrate you, and pray for those who lead you by violence.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
In Context
27But I say to you who hear, Love your adversaries, and do good to those who hate you,
Cross References
Luke 6:27But I say to you who hear, Love your adversaries, and do good to those who hate you,
Luke 23:34BUT Jeshu himself said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, and cast for them lots.
Acts 14:5But there was made a movement by the Gentiles and by the Jihudoyee and their chiefs to maltreat them, and to crush them with stones.
1 Corinthians 4:12and we labour, working with our hands. They revile us, and we bless; they persecute us, and we endure;
1 Peter 3:9and let no man render evil for evil, nor invective for invective, but, that which is contrary to them, bless: for unto this are you called, that the blessing you may inherit.
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 →