Luke 6:35

The Passion Translation

Rather love your enemies and continue to treat them well. When you lend money, don’t despair if you are never paid back, for it is not lost. You will receive a rich reward and you will be known as true children of the Most High God, having his same nature. Be like your Father who is famous for his kindness to heal even the thankless and cruel.

Cross References

Psalm 112:5

Life is good for the one who is generous and charitable, conducting affairs with honesty and truth.

Psalm 145:9

God, everyone sees your goodness, for your tender love is blended into everything you do.

Psalm 37:26

Instead, I’ve found the godly ones to be the generous ones who give freely to others. Their children are blessed and become a blessing.

Psalm 58:11

Then everyone will say, “There is a God who judges the judges” and “There is a great reward in loving God!”

Proverbs 19:17

Every time you give to the poor you make a loan to the Lord. Don’t worry—you’ll be repaid in full for all the good you’ve done.

Proverbs 22:9

When you are generous to the poor, you are enriched with blessings in return.

Matthew 5:9

“How joyful you are when you make peace! For then you will be recognized as a true child of God.

Mark 5:7

shouting at the top of his lungs, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! Swear in God’s name that you won’t torture me!”

Luke 1:32

He will be supreme and will be known as the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God will enthrone him as King on the throne of his ancestor David.

Luke 6:36

Overflow with mercy and compassion for others, just as your heavenly Father overflows with mercy and compassion for all.”

John 13:35

For when you demonstrate the same love I have for you by loving one another, everyone will know that you’re my true followers.”

John 15:8

When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are my mature disciples who glorify my Father!

Acts 14:17

yet he has never left himself without clear evidence of his goodness. For he blesses us with rain from heaven and seasons of fruitful harvests, and he nourishes us with food to meet our needs. He satisfies our lives, and euphoria fills our hearts.”

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you have experienced the extravagant grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was infinitely rich, he impoverished himself for our sake, so that by his poverty, we become rich beyond measure.

2 Timothy 3:2

People will be self-centered lovers of themselves and obsessed with money. They will boast of great things as they strut around in their arrogant pride and mock all that is right. They will ignore their own families. They will be ungrateful and ungodly.