Luke 6:27
New International Version
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

New Living Translation
“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you.

English Standard Version
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Berean Standard Bible
But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Berean Literal Bible
But to you hearing I say: Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

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

New King James Version
“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

New American Standard Bible
“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

NASB 1995
“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

NASB 1977
“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Legacy Standard Bible
“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Amplified Bible
“But I say to you who hear [Me and pay attention to My words]: Love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies, [make it a practice to] do good to those who hate you,

Christian Standard Bible
“But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you,

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies and do what is wonderful to those who hate you.”

Contemporary English Version
This is what I say to all who will listen to me: Love your enemies, and be good to everyone who hates you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you.

English Revised Version
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"But I tell everyone who is listening: Love your enemies. Be kind to those who hate you.

Good News Translation
"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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

Literal Standard Version
But I say to you who are hearing, love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

Majority Standard Bible
But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

New American Bible
“But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

NET Bible
"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

New Revised Standard Version
“But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

New Heart English Bible
"But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Webster's Bible Translation
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to them who hate you,

Weymouth New Testament
"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;

World English Bible
“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Young's Literal Translation
'But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Love Your Enemies
26Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way. 27But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.…

Cross References
1 Kings 13:6
Then the king responded to the man of God, "Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored." So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him as it was before.

Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Romans 12:20
On the contrary, "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head."


Treasury of Scripture

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

unto.

Luke 8:8,15,18
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear…

Mark 4:24
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

Love.

Luke 6:35
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Luke 23:34
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Exodus 23:4,5
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again…

do.

Luke 6:22
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Galatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

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Luke 6
1. Jesus reproves the Pharisees;
12. chooses apostles;
17. heals the diseased;
20. preaches to his disciples before the people: the beattitudes;
27. Love your Enemy
37. Do not Judge
43. A Tree and Its Fruit
46. The House on the Rock














(27, 28) Love your enemies.--See Notes on Matthew 5:44. It should be noted that the great command of the gospel is set forth in the Sermon on the Plain in its width and universality, without being formally contrasted with the Pharisaic gloss, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy," as in the Sermon on the Mount.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
Ἀλλὰ (Alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

to those of you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

who
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

will listen,
ἀκούουσιν (akouousin)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

I say:
λέγω (legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

Love
Ἀγαπᾶτε (Agapate)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

enemies,
ἐχθροὺς (echthrous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2190: Hated, hostile; subst: an enemy. From a primary echtho; hateful; usually as a noun, an adversary.

do
ποιεῖτε (poieite)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

good
καλῶς (kalōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2573: Well, nobly, honorably, rightly. Adverb from kalos; well.

to those who
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

hate
μισοῦσιν (misousin)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3404: To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less.

you,
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


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