Luke 6:36 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So be merciful (sympathetic, tender, responsive, and compassionate) even as your Father is [all these].

American Standard Version (1901)

Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Common English Bible

Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father is also merciful.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Luke 6:36 Cross References

Matthew 5:48

You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish.

Luke 6:37

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice,

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.