Luke 6:28

Easy To Read Version

Ask God to bless those people that say bad things to you. Pray for those people that are mean to you.

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.”

Ezekiel 25:15

The Lord my Master says these things, “The Philistines tried to get even. They were very cruel. They let their anger burn inside them too long!”

Ezekiel 36:5

The Lord my Master says, “I swear (promise), I will let my strong feelings speak for me! I will let Edom and the other nations feel my anger. Those nations took my land for themselves. They really had a good time when they showed how much they hated this land. They took the land for themselves just so they could destroy it!”

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies. Pray for those people that do bad things to you.

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 6:27

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

Acts 14:5

Some non-Jewish people, some Jews, and their Jewish leaders tried to hurt Paul and Barnabas. These people wanted to kill them with rocks.

Romans 12:14

Say only good things to those people that do bad things to you. Say good things to them and don’t curse them.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands \{to feed ourselves\}. People curse us, but we speak a blessing for them. People persecute {\cf2\super [26]} us, and we accept it.

James 3:10

Those praises and curses come from the same mouth! My brothers and sisters, this should not happen.

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t do wrong to a person to pay him back for doing wrong to you. Or don’t say something bad to a person to pay him back for saying something bad to you. But \{ask God to\} bless that person. Do this, because you yourselves were called to receive a blessing.