Thematic Bible: Should be shown
Thematic Bible
Mercy » Should be shown » To backsliders
I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me as one of your hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. And while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell upon his neck, and kissed him.
Sufficient for such a one is the punishment, which was inflicted by the greater number: so that, on the other hand, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest such a one should be swallowed up in too much sorrow. Wherefore, I exhort you to give him an assurance of your love.
Mercy » Should be shown » To the poor
Mercy » Should be shown » To animals
Mercy » Should be shown » To our brethren
Mercy » Should be shown » With cheerfulness
or, if any exhorts, let him attend to exhortation; if any one gives, let him do it with sincerity; he that rules, with diligence: he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
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Mercy » Should be shown » To those that are in distress
He replied: He that showed mercy to him. Jesus said to him: Go, and do you likewise.
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