If you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even "sinners" do that.
31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.
34 And 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.
35 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.
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Read all of Deuteronomy 7 NIVWe know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Read all of Romans 8 NIVDear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Read all of 1 John 4 NIVDo not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Read all of 2 Corinthians 6 NIVWhoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.
Read all of Ecclesiastes 5 NIVTherefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Read all of James 5 NIV
Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on Luke 6:27-36
(Read Luke 6:27-36)
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.