Luke 6:27 “But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good…”

Luke 6:27

But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

World English Bible

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

American Standard Version

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

Geneva Bible 1599

But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you.

Darby Translation

But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;

Young's Literal Translation

'But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

Bible in Basic English

But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

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Cross references

“unto”

Mark 4:24 Luke 8:15 Luke 8:18 Luke 8:8

Mark 4:24 · BSB

He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.

Luke 8:15 · BSB

But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.

Luke 8:18 · BSB

Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

Luke 8:8 · BSB

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

“Love”

1 Thessalonians 5:15 Luke 6:35 Proverbs 24:17 Romans 12:17–21 Matthew 5:43–45 Luke 23:34

1 Thessalonians 5:15 · BSB

Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

Luke 6:35 · BSB

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Proverbs 24:17 · BSB

Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Romans 12:17–21 · BSB

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

Matthew 5:43–45 · BSB

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

Luke 23:34 · BSB

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

“do”

Galatians 6:10 Acts 10:38 3 John 1:11 Luke 6:22

Galatians 6:10 · BSB

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

Acts 10:38 · BSB

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

3 John 1:11 · BSB

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

Luke 6:22 · BSB

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.

28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

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