Love Your Enemies
Luke 6:28
In 9 translations
- BSB
- bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
- KJV
- Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
- WEB
- bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
- ASV
- bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
- LSV
- bless those cursing you, pray for those maligning you;
- YLT
- bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;
- DBY
- bless those that curse you; pray for those who use you despitefully.
- DRC
- Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that calumniate you.
- GNV
- Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὑμᾶς (“you”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὑμῖν (“you”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read περὶ (“for”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὑπὲρ (“for”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ὑμᾶς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμᾶς; Robinson–Pierpont read ὑμῖν.
- SBLGNT: περὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read περὶ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ὑπὲρ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς καταρωμένους ὑμᾶς, προσεύχεσθε περὶ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς.
- RP2018
- εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς καταρωμένους ὑμῖν, προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς.
- TR-Boyd
- εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς καταρωμένους ὑμῖν, καὶ προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς.
- SCR1894
- ευλογειτε τους καταρωμενους υμιν και προσευχεσθε υπερ των επηρεαζοντων υμας
Who and where
◆ Sermon on the Mount
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Sermon on the mountSermon on the Plain, TheCursingSermonGood for EvilCurseEnemyPhariseesBrotherly Kindness; Brotherly LoveForgiveness
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- Romans 12:14Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
- 1 Corinthians 4:12We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
- James 3:10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
- Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
- Luke 6:27But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- Luke 6:35But 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.
- Ezekiel 36:5Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter…
- Ezekiel 25:15This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,
- Acts 14:5But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).