Luke 6:28
Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
In Context
27But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you.
Cross References
Ezekiel 36:5Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Surely in the fire of mine indignation haue I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which haue taken my lande for their possession, with the ioy of all their heart, and with despitefull mindes to cast it out for a pray.
Luke 6:27But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you.
Luke 23:34Then sayd Iesus, Father, forgiue them: for they know not what they doe. And they parted his raiment, and cast lottes.
Acts 14:5And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and of the Iewes with their rulers, to doe them violence, and to stone them,
1 Corinthians 4:12And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
1 Peter 3:9Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.
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 →