Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
American Standard Version
But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,
Amplified
An Understandable Version
But I tell you people who are listening [to me], love your enemies and do good things to those who hate you.
Anderson New Testament
But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies; do good to them that hate you;
Bible in Basic English
But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,
Common New Testament
"But I say to you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Daniel Mace New Testament
But as for you, who hear me, love your enemies: do good to those, who hate you: bless those, who curse you:
Darby Translation
But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;
Godbey New Testament
But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies with divine love, and do good to those that hate you,
Goodspeed New Testament
"But I tell you who hear me, love your enemies, treat those who hate you well,
John Wesley New Testament
But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies; do good to them that hate you,
Julia Smith Translation
But I say to you hearing, Love your enemies; do good to those hating you,
King James 2000
But I say unto you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to them who hate you,
Lexham Expanded Bible
"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Modern King James verseion
But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"But I say unto you which hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them which hate you.
Moffatt New Testament
I tell you, my hearers, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you:
Montgomery New Testament
"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
NET Bible
"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
New Heart English Bible
"But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Noyes New Testament
But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you;
Sawyer New Testament
But I tell you that hear, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;
The Emphasized Bible
But, unto you, I say, who are hearkening: Be loving your enemies; be doing, good, unto them that hate you;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you;
Twentieth Century New Testament
But to you who hear I say--Love your enemies, show kindness to those who hate you,
Webster
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to them who hate you,
Weymouth New Testament
"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;
Williams New Testament
But I say to you who listen now to me, practice loving your enemies, practice doing good to those who hate you,
World English Bible
"But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Worrell New Testament
"But I say to you who hear, love your enemies; do good to those who hate you;
Worsley New Testament
But I say unto you my hearers, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,
Youngs Literal Translation
'But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,
Themes
Enemies » How to treat your enemies
Good for evil » Examples of returning » Encouraged
Jesus Christ » History of » Delivers the "sermon on the mount" (in galilee)
Love » Good for evil examples of returning » Encouraged
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law and the new testament
Sermon » Of jesus, "on the plain,"
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of returning good for evil, encouraged
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 6:27
Images Luke 6:27
Prayers for Luke 6:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Plain: Love For Enemies
26 Woe when men will speak well of you, for their fathers did in the same way to the FALSE prophets. 27 But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. 28 Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you.
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Cross References
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.
Proverbs 25:21-22
If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Luke 23:34
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.
Acts 10:38
Jesus of Nazareth--how God anointed him with Holy Spirit and with power, who passed through doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.
Exodus 23:4-5
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, thou shall surely bring it back to him again.
Job 31:29-31
if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
Psalm 7:4
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary),
Proverbs 24:17
Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Matthew 5:43-45
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
Mark 4:24
And he said to them, Watch what ye hear. By what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you, and to those who hear, it will be added to you.
Luke 6:22
Blessed are ye, when men will hate you, and when they will exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of man.
Luke 8:8
And another fell on the good ground, and having grown it produced fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke 8:15
But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.
Luke 8:18
Notice therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him will be given, and whoever has not, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.
Acts 7:60
And having knelt down, he cried out in a great voice, Lord, place not this sin to them. And after saying this, he slept.
Romans 12:17-21
rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.
Galatians 6:10
So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.
3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The man doing right is of God. The man doing wrong has not seen God.