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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Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.
and oughtest thou not to have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?
And the multitude checked them, that they should be silent; but they cried out the more, Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David. And Jesus standing called them, and said, What desire ye, that I should do for you? read more. They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. Then Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes recovered sight, and they followed him.
Be ye therefore compassionate, as also your Father is compassionate.
And crying out, he said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented with this flame.
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for glory:
I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
but be ye kind one to another, full of sensibility, forgiving mutually, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.
but be ye kind one to another, full of sensibility, forgiving mutually, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.
IF there be then any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion of spirit, if any bowels and compassions,
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;
MASTERS, afford to your servants that which is just, and an equivalent, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
Any man who treated the law of Moses with neglect, was put to death, without mercy, on the deposition of two or three witnesses:
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, meek, easily persuadable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and void of dissimulation.
Behold, we esteem those blessed who patiently endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; for the Lord is full of bowels of mercy, and tenderly compassionate.
Behold, we esteem those blessed who patiently endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; for the Lord is full of bowels of mercy, and tenderly compassionate.
Finally, be all like-minded, sympathizing, loving fraternally, compassionate, friendly hearted,