Luke 6:35

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Summary

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.

Love

And ye

1 John 4:7

General references

Bible References

Love

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

‘Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.

All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing.

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He will maintain his cause in judgment.

One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his

good deed.

He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

And ye

But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so

prove to be My disciples.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is

born of God and knows God.

General references

So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

“You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest.

But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount.