Luke 6:27
But I say to you that hear, love ye your enemies, do ye well to them that hated you [or do ye well to them that hate you];
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
In Context
28bless ye men that curse you, pray ye for men that defame you [or that falsely challenge you].
Cross References
Exodus 23:4If thou meetest thine enemy’s ox, either his ass, straying, lead it again to him. (If thou seest thy enemy’s ox, or his donkey, straying, lead it back to him.)
Psalms 7:4if I yielded to men yielding to me evils, fall I by deserving void from mine enemies; (if I gave back evil to those who first did good to me, let me deservedly fall before my enemies;)
Proverbs 25:2The glory of God is to cover a word; and the glory of kings is to seek out a word. (The glory of God be those things which he hath hidden; and the glory of kings is to search them out.)
Matthew 5:43Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Luke 6:22Ye shall be blessed, when men shall hate you, and separate you away, and put reproof to you [or and shall put shame on you], and cast out your name as evil, for man’s Son.
Luke 8:8And other fell into good earth, and it sprang up, and made an hundredfold fruit. He said these things, and cried, He that hath ears of hearing, hear he.
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 →