Luke 6:36

"Do you therefore be merciful, As your Father is merciful.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

In Context

35"But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil.

37"Do not judge, and you shall not be judged; Do not condemn, and you shall not be condemned;

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Cross References

Ephesians 4:31Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;

1 Peter 1:15but become yourselves holy in your whole manner of living, as He who has called you is holy,

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 →

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