Luke 6:27-29

Love Your Enemies

²⁷ "But I say to you who hear, _s Love your enemies, _t do good to those who hate you, ²⁸ _u bless those who curse you, _s pray for those who abuse you. ²⁹ _v To one who _w strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic ₁ either.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 5:44
   But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 25:21 - 22
   If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
   Romans 12:20 - 21
   To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Peter 3:9
   Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 6:27
   But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 6:29 - 30
   To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.
   Matthew 5:39 - 42
   But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
   Romans 12:17
   Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
   
6. Cross References
   Isaiah 50:6
   I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
   Lamentations 3:30
   Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults.
   Matthew 26:67
   Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him.
   
7. Cross References
   Luke 6:29 - 30
   To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.
   Matthew 5:39 - 42
   But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.