Luke 6:27-36

English Standard Version

Love Your Enemies

²⁷“But I say to you who hear, ^(A)Love your enemies, ^(B)do good to those who hate you, ²⁸^(C)bless those who curse you, ^(D)pray for those who abuse you. ²⁹^(E)To one who ^(F)strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic^[a] either. ³⁰^(G)Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. ³¹And ^(H)as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

³²^(I)“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴And ^(J)if you ^(K)lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. ³⁵But ^(L)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ^(M)you will be sons of ^(N)the Most High, for ^(O)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. ³⁶^(P)Be merciful, even as ^(Q)your Father is merciful.