Luke 6:27-30

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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.

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Luke 6:29 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin

Luke 6:32-36

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³²^(A)“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 ^(B)if you ^(C)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 ^(D)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ^(E)you will be sons of ^(F)the Most High, for ^(G)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. ³⁶^(H)Be merciful, even as ^(I)your Father is merciful.