Luke 6:27-36 - The Sermon On The Plain: Love For Enemies

²⁷ I tell you, my hearers, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you: ²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. ²⁹ If a man strikes you on the one cheek, offer him the other as well: if anyone takes your coat, do not deny him your shirt as well; ³⁰ give to anyone who asks you, and do not ask your goods back from anyone who has taken them. ³¹ As you would like men to do to you, so do to them. ³² If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Why, even sinful men love those who love them. ³³ If you help only those who help you, what merit is that to you? Why, even sinful men do that. ³⁴ If you only lend to those from whom you hope to get something, what credit is that to you? Even sinful men lend to one another, so as to get a fair return. ³⁵ No, you must love your enemies and help them, you must lend to them without expecting any return; then you will have a rich reward, you will be sons of the Most High for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the evil. ³⁶ Be merciful, as your Father is merciful.