Luke 6:27-31

Love Your Enemies

27 “But I say to you who hear, ¹Love your enemies, ²do good to those who hate you,

28 ³bless those who curse you, ⁴pray for those who abuse you.

29 ⁵To one who ⁶strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic^[a] either.

30 ⁷Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

31 And ⁸as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

Cross References

• 1. 6:27 See Matt. 5:44
• 2. 6:27 Prov. 25:21, 22; Rom. 12:20, 21
• 3. 6:28 1 Pet. 3:9
• 4. 6:28 [See ver. 27 above]
• 5. 6:29 For ver. 29, 30, see Matt. 5:39-42; [Rom. 12:17]
• 6. 6:29 Isa. 50:6; Lam. 3:30; Matt. 26:67
• 7. 6:30 Ps. 37:21; Prov. 21:26
• 8. 6:31 Matt. 7:12

Footnotes

• [a] 6:29 Greek 'chiton', a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin