Luke 6:35 BSB — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Now philosophy seems to divide justice into three parts; one towards God, which is called piety; another towards our parents, or the rest of mankind; a third to the dead, that the proper rites may be performed. But the Lord Jesus passing beyond the oracle of the law, and the heights of prophecy, extended the duties of piety to those also who have injured us, adding, But love your enemies. How great the reward of mercy which is received into the privilege of divine adoption! For it follows, And ye shall be the sons of the Highest (Ps. 82:6.).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But love ye your enemies,.... As before urged in Luk 6:27 and do good and lend; not to your friends only, but to your enemies; hoping for nothing again; either principal or interest, despairing of seeing either; lending to such persons, from whom, in all appearance, it is never to be expected again.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What is given, or laid out, or lent and lost on earth, from a true principle of charity, will be made up to us in the other world, unspeakably to our advantage.

Matthew Henry

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Love ye your enemies - This is the most sublime precept ever delivered to man: a false religion durst not give a precept of this nature, because, with out supernatural influence, it must be for ever impracticable.

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πλὴν	plēn	But	G4133 →
ἀγαπᾶτε	agapate	do love	G25 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἐχθροὺς	echthrous	enemies	G2190 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀγαθοποιεῖτε	agathopoieite	do good	G15 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δανίζετε	danizete	do lend	G1155 →
μηδὲν	mēden	nothing	G3367 →
ἀπελπίζοντες·	apelpizontes	expecting in return;	G560 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔσται	estai	will be	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
μισθὸς	misthos	reward	G3408 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
πολύς,	polus	great,	G4183 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔσεσθε	esesthe	you will be	G1510 →
υἱοὶ	huioi	sons	G5207 →
ὑψίστου,	hupsistou	Most High,	G5310 →
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
αὐτὸς	autos	He himself	G846 →
χρηστός	chrēstos	kind	G5543 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἀχαρίστους	acharistous	ungrateful	G884 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πονηρούς.¶	ponērous	evil.	G4190 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 13:35
By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
leads to
- 1 John 4:20–21
  If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 2:10
  Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
- 1 John 3:10–14
  By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
Through
Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
leads to
- Proverbs 28:27
  Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
- Hebrews 6:10
  For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- Luke 6:38
  Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured…
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–8
  Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Matthew 25:40
  And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke