Luke 6:32-36

32Do you only love people who love you? God will not praise you just for doing that! Even bad people love those people who love them.

33Do you only do good things to people that do good things to you? God will not praise you just for doing that! Even bad people do the same thing.

34Do you lend things only to people that will give your things back to you? God will not praise you for doing that! Even bad people lend things to other people when they believe that they will get them back again.

35No! I am telling you to love people that want to hurt you. Do good things to them. Lend things to people even though you may not receive your things back again. Then God will prepare good things for you. He is kind even to people who do not say “thank you”. He is kind even to very bad people. If you live like this, you will show that you really are children of the powerful God who is over all.

36You should be kind to other people, as God your Father is kind.