Luke 10:37

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Summary

Luke 10:37

And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

He that

Revelation 1:5

Go

1 John 4:10

General references

1 John 4:11

Bible References

He that

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

For by experience you know the unmerited favor shown by our Lord Jesus Christ; that although He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, in order that by His poverty you might become rich.

so that you with all God's people may be strong enough to grasp the idea of the breadth and length, the height and depth,

and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

but we do see Jesus, who was made inferior to the angels for a little while, crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by God's favor He might experience death for every human being.

and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Sovereign of the kings of the earth. To Him who ever loves us and once for all released us from our sins by His blood,

Go

Now if you practice loving only those who love you, what credit do you get for that? Why, even notorious sinners practice loving those who love them.

For I have set you an example, in order that you too may practice what I have done to you.

Indeed, it was to this kind of living that you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you might follow His footsteps.

We know what love is from the fact that He laid down His life for us; and so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

In this way is seen the true love, not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

General references

Dearly beloved, if God has loved us so, we ought to love one another too.