Luke 6:36 “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

American Standard Version

Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

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Cross references

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

Matthew 5:48 Ephesians 4:31 Ephesians 5:1 Ephesians 5:2 1 Peter 1:15 1 Peter 1:16

Matthew 5:48 · BSB

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Ephesians 4:31 · BSB

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Ephesians 5:1 · BSB

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

Ephesians 5:2 · BSB

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

1 Peter 1:15 · BSB

But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

1 Peter 1:16 · BSB

for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

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

In context

35But 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.

37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

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