Luke 6:27 - Easy To Read Version

²⁷ “I say to you people that are listening to me, love your enemies. Do good to those people that hate you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ But I say to you who are listening now to Me: [in order to heed, make it a practice to] love your enemies, treat well (do good to, act nobly toward) those who detest you and pursue you with hatred,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

Common English Bible

²⁷ “But I say to you who are willing to hear: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

Luke 6:27 Cross References

1 Kings 13:6

Then King Jeroboam said to the man of God, “Please pray to the Lord your God for me. Ask the Lord to heal my arm.”

Psalm 7:4

I did not do bad things to my friend. {\cf2\super [35]} \par And I did not help my friend’s enemies.\par

Proverbs 24:17

Don’t be happy when your enemy has troubles. Don’t be happy when he falls.

Proverbs 25:2

God has the right to hide things that he does not want us to know about. But a king is honored for the things he says.

Mark 4:24

“Think carefully about the things you hear. The way you give is the way God will give to you. But God will give you more than you give.

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive these people \{that are killing me\}. They don’t know what they are doing. {\cf2\super [377]} ”

Luke 6:22

“People will hate you because you belong to the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [117]} They will make you leave their group. They will insult you. They will think it is wrong even to say your name. When these things happen, know that God will bless you.

Luke 6:35

“I’m telling you to love your enemies and do good to them. Lend to people without expecting to get anything back. If you do these things, you will have a great reward. You will be children of the Most High (God). Yes, because God is good even to the people that are full of sin and not thankful.

Luke 8:15

And what is the seed that fell on the good ground? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching with a good, honest heart. They obey God’s teaching and patiently make good fruit.

Luke 8:18

So be careful how you listen. The person that has \{some understanding\} will receive more. But the person that does not have \{understanding\} will lose even \{the understanding\} that he thinks he has.”

Luke 8:8

And some seed fell on good ground. This seed grew and made 100 times more grain.”

Acts 10:38

You know about Jesus from Nazareth. God made him the Christ {\cf2\super [213]} by giving him the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [214]} and power. Jesus went everywhere doing good things for people. Jesus healed the people that were ruled by the devil. This showed that God was with Jesus.

Acts 16:28

But Paul shouted, “Don’t hurt yourself! We are all here!”

Galatians 6:10

When we have the opportunity to do good to any person, we should do it. But we should give special attention to the people that are in the family of believers (the church).

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Be sure that no person pays back wrong for wrong. But always try to do what is good for each other and for all people.