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Luke 6:35
35But 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked.
Context of Luke 6:35
33And if you do 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 repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 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. 36Be merciful, just as your Father 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 to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Leviticus 25:35“ ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you.
- Psalms 37:26They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing.
- Psalms 112:5Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
- Proverbs 19:17Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.
- Proverbs 22:9The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
- Romans 5:8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty 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 15:8This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
- 1 John 3:10This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.
- 1 John 4:7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- Psalms 145:9The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.
- Acts 14:17Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills 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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