Luke 6:36

36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Luke 6:36 in Other Translations

KJV
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
ESV
36 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
NLT
36 You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.
MSG
36 Our Father is kind; you be kind.
CSB
36 Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

Luke 6:36 In-Context

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.
36 Be 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.
38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. James 2:13
  • 2. Matthew 5:48; Matthew 6:1; Luke 11:2; Luke 12:32; Romans 8:15; Ephesians 4:6; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 John 1:3; 1 John 3:1
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