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.
"'Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?'
But the crowd checked them, to make them keep still. They cried out all the louder, saying, "Master, have pity on us, Son of David!" Then Jesus stopped and called to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" read more. "Master," they answered, "let our eyes be opened." Then Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and they saw at once, and followed him.
"Do you therefore be merciful, As your Father is merciful.
"And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'
And what if he thus purposed to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory?
I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.
and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.
and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.
If then there is any comfort in Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any companionship of the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,
Whenever I pray for you I am continually thanking God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
Therefore, as God's chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper;
Masters, deal justly and fairly with your slaves, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Any one who set at naught the law of Moses was put to death without pity, on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
But the wisdom which comes from on high is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, conciliatory, overflowing with mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without insincerity.
Remember we count those that were stedfast happy. You have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen how the Lord is full of tenderness.
Remember we count those that were stedfast happy. You have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen how the Lord is full of tenderness.
Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded;