Luke 6:27
But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
In Context
26Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
28Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.
Cross References
Exodus 23:4If thou meete thine enemies oxe, or his asse going astray, thou shalt bring him to him againe.
Psalms 7:4If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that had peace with mee, (yea I haue deliuered him that vexed me without cause)
Proverbs 25:2The glorie of God is to conceale a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.
Matthew 5:43Ye haue heard that it hath bin said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate your enemie.
Luke 6:22Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they separate you, and reuile you, and put out your name as euill, for the Sonne of mans sake.
Luke 8:8And some fell on good ground, and sprang vp, and bare fruite, an hundreth folde. And as hee sayd these things, he cryed, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
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 →