Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be ye therefore merciful, as your father is merciful.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."
A Conservative Version
Become ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
American Standard Version
Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
You people should be merciful just like your Father is merciful.
Anderson New Testament
Be you, therefore, merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Bible in Basic English
Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.
Common New Testament
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Daniel Mace New Testament
be ye therefore merciful, as your father is merciful.
Darby Translation
Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.
Godbey New Testament
Therefore be ye merciful, as your Father is indeed merciful.
Goodspeed New Testament
You must be merciful, just as your Father is.
John Wesley New Testament
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Julia Smith Translation
Be ye therefore compassionate, as also your Father is compassionate.
King James 2000
Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful!
Modern King James verseion
Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
Moffatt New Testament
Be merciful, as your Father is merciful.
Montgomery New Testament
"Do you therefore be merciful, As your Father is merciful.
NET Bible
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
Noyes New Testament
Be merciful, as your Father is merciful.
Sawyer New Testament
Be merciful, as your father is merciful;
The Emphasized Bible
Become ye compassionate, according as, your Father, is, compassionate;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Be ye therefore compassionate, as also your Father is compassionate.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Learn to be merciful--even as your Father is merciful.
Webster
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Weymouth New Testament
Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.
Williams New Testament
Continue to be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
World English Bible
Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
Worrell New Testament
"Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
Worsley New Testament
be ye therefore merciful as your heavenly Father also is merciful.
Youngs Literal Translation
be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.
Themes
Adoption » Should produce » A merciful spirit
Forgiveness of injuries » Motives to » God's Mercy
Jesus Christ » History of » Delivers the "sermon on the mount" (in galilee)
Mercy » Man commanded to exercise
Mercy » After the example of God
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law and the new testament
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 6:36
Images Luke 6:36
Prayers for Luke 6:36
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Plain: Love For Enemies
35 Wherefore, love ye your enemies, do good, and lend, looking for nothing again: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the highest: for he is kind unto the unkind, and to the evil. 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your father is merciful. 37 "Judge not and ye shall not be judged. Condemn not: and ye shall not be condemned. Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 5:48
Ye shall therefore be perfect even as your father which is in heaven is perfect.
Ephesians 5:1-2
Be ye followers of God as dear children,
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.
1 Peter 1:15-16
But as he which called you is holy, even so be ye holy in all manner of conversation,