Luke 6:35
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 6:35 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
- Psalms 37:26They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
- Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
- Psalms 145:9The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
- Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Proverbs 22:9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
- Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- Mark 5:7And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
- Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Luke 6:27But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- John 13:35By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
- John 15:8This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
- Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Romans 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- 1 John 3:10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
- 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
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