Luke 6:36
34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35 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.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
- KJV
- Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
- WEB
- “Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
- ASV
- Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
- DARBY
- Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.
- BLB
- Be merciful, as also your⁺ Father is merciful.
- ÅB
- Vær barmhjertige, slik som deres Far er barmhjertig,
- OTB
- Vis derfor barmhjertighet, slik deres Far viser barmhjertighet.
- B1930
- Vær barmhjertige, likesom eders Fader er barmhjertig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:1–2
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Read in contextMatthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Read in context1 Peter 1:15–16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Read in contextEphesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
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