Luke 6:28
and bless them that curse you; and pray for them that drag you with violence.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
In Context
27And to you who hear, I say: Love your enemies; and do favors to them that hate you;
Cross References
Luke 6:27And to you who hear, I say: Love your enemies; and do favors to them that hate you;
Luke 23:34And Jesus said: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, casting a lot upon them.
Acts 14:5And an assault was made on them, by the Gentiles, and by the Jews and their chiefs, to insult them, and to stone them with stones.
1 Corinthians 4:12and we toil, working with our own hands: they defame us, and we bless: they persecute us, and we endure it:
1 Peter 3:9And that ye recompense to no one evil for evil, neither railing for railing; but, in contrariety to these, that ye bless: for to this were ye called, that ye might inherit a 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 →