Christian Standard Bible
Luke 6:35
35But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High. For he is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.
Luke 6:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
- New International Version (NIV)But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
Context of Luke 6:35
33If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High. For he is gracious to the ungrateful and evil. 36Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. 37“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Read all of Luke 6Luke 6:35 word by word
πλὴν ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν καὶ ἀγαθοποιεῖτε καὶ δανίζετε μηδὲν ἀπελπίζοντες· καὶ ἔσται ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολύς, καὶ ἔσεσθε υἱοὶ ὑψίστου, ὅτι αὐτὸς χρηστός ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀχαρίστους καὶ πονηρούς.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butπλήνplēn · but/howeverG4133
- love yeἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
- yourσύsu · youG4771
- enemiesἐχθρόςechthros · enemyG2190
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- do goodἀγαθοποιέωagathopoieō · to do goodG15
- lendδανείζωdaneizō · to lend/borrowG1155
- hoping forἀπελπίζωapelpizō · to despairG560
- nothingμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
- rewardμισθόςmisthos · wageG3408
- shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- the childrenυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- of the Highestὕψιστοςhupsistos · HighestG5310
- forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
- heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- kindχρηστόςchrēstos · good/kindG5543
- untoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- the unthankfulἀχάριστοςacharistos · ungratefulG884
- the evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
Cross-references for Luke 6:35
- Luke 6:27“But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you,
- Leviticus 25:35“If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as an alien or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.
- Psalms 37:26He is always generous, always lending, and his children are a blessing.
- Psalms 112:5Good will come to the one who lends generously and conducts his business fairly.
- Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord, and he will give a reward to the lender.
- Proverbs 22:9A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
- Romans 5:8But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
- Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- John 13:35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
- John 15:8My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be my disciples.
- 1 John 3:10This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.
- 1 John 4:7Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- Psalms 145:9The Lord is good to everyone; his compassion rests on all he has made.
- Acts 14:17although he did not leave himself without a witness, since he did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”
Commentaries on Luke 6:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Love ye your enemies - This is the most sublime precept ever delivered to man: a false religion durst not give a precept of this nature, because, with out supernatural influence, it must be for ever impracticable. In these words of our blessed Lord we see the tenderness, sincerity, extent, disinterestedness, pattern, and issue of the love of God dwelling in man: a religion which has for its foundation the union of God and man in the same person, and the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-49Verses 20-49 See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully what Luke has briefly, but there is no contradiction. Luke 6:24-26 These verses have been omitted by Matthew. They seem to have been spoken to the Pharisees. Who are rich - In this world‘s goods. They loved them; they had sought for them; they found their…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-36Verses 27-36 These are hard lessons to flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy to us. Every one that comes to him for washing in his blood, and knows the greatness of the mercy and the love there is in him, can say, in truth and sincerity, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? Let us then aim to be merciful, even according to the mercy of our heavenly Father to us.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-36The law of Moses did not allow charging interest on loans to fellow Israelites in order to prevent taking advantage of those who were poor (Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:35–37; Deuteronomy 23:20). Jesus also taught his followers to lend without expecting repayment. By doing good even to those who do wrong, Christians act as children of the Most High and imitate our Father in heaven, who is merciful to everyone (compare Romans 5:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3627-36. (See on Mt 5:44-48; Mt 7:12; and Mt 14:12-14.)Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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