Love Your Enemies
Luke 6:30
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
- KJV
- Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
- WEB
- Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
- ASV
- Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
- LSV
- And to everyone who is asking of you, be giving; and from him who is taking away your goods, do not be asking again;
- YLT
- 'And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;
- DBY
- To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.
- DRC
- Give to every one that asketh thee, and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.
- GNV
- Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include δὲ τῷ (“now who”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: παντὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read παντὶ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add δὲ τῷ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- παντὶ αἰτοῦντί σε δίδου, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴροντος τὰ σὰ μὴ ἀπαίτει.
- RP2018
- Παντὶ δὲ τῷ αἰτοῦντί σε δίδου· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴροντος τὰ σὰ μὴ ἀπαίτει.
- TR-Boyd
- Παντὶ δὲ τῷ αἰτοῦντί σε δίδου· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴροντος τὰ σὰ μὴ ἀπαίτει.
- SCR1894
- παντι δε τω αιτουντι σε διδου και απο του αιροντος τα σα μη απαιτει
Who and where
◆ Sermon on the Mount
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Sermon on the mountSermon on the Plain, TheSermonGood for EvilEnemyAlmsGoodsForgivenessKindnessSirach, Book of
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Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 15:7–10If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. Instead, you are to…
- Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–14Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For…
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
- Isaiah 58:7–10Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth…
- Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
- Matthew 5:42–48Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for…
- Proverbs 21:26All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
- Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Luke 6:38Give, 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 back to you.”
- Matthew 18:27–30His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him. But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying,…
- Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
- Proverbs 11:24–25One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- Ezekiel 11:1–2Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of…
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