English Standard Version
Luke 6:27
27"But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
- New International Version (NIV)“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you.
Context of Luke 6:27
25"Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26"Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets. "But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.
Read all of Luke 6Luke 6:27 word by word
ἀλλ᾽ ὑμῖν λέγω τοῖς ἀκούουσιν· ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοῖς μισοῦσιν ὑμᾶς,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butἀλλάalla · butG235
- I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- unto youσύsu · youG4771
- which hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- Loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
- enemiesἐχθρόςechthros · enemyG2190
- doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- goodκαλῶςkalōs · wellG2573
- to them which hateμισέωmiseō · to hateG3404
Cross-references for Luke 6:27
- Luke 8:8And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
- Mark 4:24And he said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.
- Luke 6:35But 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.
- Luke 23:34And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments.
- Exodus 23:4"If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
- Job 31:29"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
- Psalms 7:4if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
- Proverbs 24:17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
- Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.
- Matthew 5:43"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
- Acts 7:60And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Romans 12:17Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
- Luke 6:22"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
- Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
- Galatians 6:10So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Commentaries on Luke 6:27
- 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. 27Love your enemies: People were commonly taught in the ancient world to love their family and friends and hate their enemies. Jesus announced a radical new ethic of loving even one’s enemies and overcoming evil through self-sacrificial love for others, not through violence and hatred (compare Romans 12:14–21).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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Commentaries on Luke 6
- 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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