Luke 6:28
bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
In Context
27But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,
Cross References
Ezekiel 36:5therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, which have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey:
Luke 6:27But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,
Luke 23:34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
Acts 14:5And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to entreat them shamefully, and to stone them,
1 Corinthians 4:12and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
1 Peter 3:9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should 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 →