Reference: Mercy, Merciful
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MERCY, MERCIFUL
Mercy (French merci) is traced, through ecclesiastical Latin, to merces (reward); it seems to have got its meaning from the exclamation of the alms-receiver, 'Merci!' i.e. 'Reward to you (in heaven)!' 'May God reward you!'
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"Happy are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.
Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had mercy on you?'
But the multitude rebuked them, that they should be silent. But they cried the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Thou Son of David!" And, standing still, Jesus called them, and said, "What do you wish that I should do to you?" read more. They say to Him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened." And, moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and straightway they received sight; and followed Him.
"Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
And, crying, he said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; because I am in anguish in this flame!'
and that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us,
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, through the mercies of God, to present, your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your rational service;
and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
If there is, therefore, any consolation in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender affections and compassions,
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
Put on, therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;
Masters, render justice and equity to your servants, knowing that ye also have a Master in Heaven.
Anyone, having set aside Moses' law, dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses;
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, mild, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.
Behold, we pronounce those happy who endured: ye heard of the patience of Job; and ye saw the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
Behold, we pronounce those happy who endured: ye heard of the patience of Job; and ye saw the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
And, finally, be ye all of one mind, compassionate, loving as brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded;