Luke 6:28

Catholic Public Domain Version

Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who slander you.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:6

And the king said to the man of God, "Entreat the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me." And the man of God prayed before the face of the Lord, and the hand of the king was restored to him, and it became as it had been before.

Ezekiel 25:15

Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines have taken vengeance, and have revenged themselves with all their soul, destroying, and fulfilling ancient hostilities,

Ezekiel 36:5

Because of this, thus says the Lord God: In the fire of my zeal, I have spoken about the remainder of the nations, and about all of Idumea, who have given my land to themselves, joyfully, as an inheritance, and with all the heart and mind, and who have cast it out, so that they may lay waste to it.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.

Luke 23:34

Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them. For they know not what they do." And truly, dividing his garments, they cast lots.

Luke 6:27

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

Luke 6:35

So truly, love your enemies. Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.

Acts 14:5

Now when an assault had been planned by the Gentiles and the Jews with their leaders, so that they might treat them with contempt and stone them,

Romans 12:14

Bless those who are persecuting you: bless, and do not curse.

1 Corinthians 4:12

And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution.

James 3:10

From the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so!

1 Peter 3:9

not repaying evil with evil, nor slander with slander, but, to the contrary, repaying with blessings. For to this you have been called, so that you may possess the inheritance of a blessing.