Luke 6:36

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Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:48 : 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
  • Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
  • 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 But just as the One who called you is holy, so also be holy in all your conduct. 16 For it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, shouting, and slander be removed from you, along with all malice.

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  • Luke 6:27-35
    9 verses
    82%

    27But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.

    28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

    29If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.

    30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

    31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

    32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

    33If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

    34If you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

    35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

  • Luke 6:37-38
    2 verses
    81%

    37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

    38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

  • Matt 6:14-15
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    78%

    14For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    15But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • Matt 5:7
    77%

    7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

  • Matt 18:35
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    35This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.

  • Eph 4:32
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    32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

  • Matt 5:43-46
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    43You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

    44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

    45So that you may become children of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

    46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

  • Mark 11:25-26
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    74%

    25'And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.'

    26'But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.'

  • Matt 5:48
    74%

    48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  • Matt 6:8-10
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    74%

    8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

    9This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

    10Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

  • Jas 2:13
    74%

    13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Matt 6:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Be careful not to practice your acts of charity before others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

    2So, when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

  • Matt 18:33
    73%

    33'Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had mercy on you?'

  • Luke 10:37
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    37The expert in the law replied, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Then Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.'

  • Matt 7:11-12
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    11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?

    12So in everything, do to others what you would want them to do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

  • Matt 6:12
    72%

    12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

  • Matt 7:1-2
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    71%

    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

    2For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

  • Matt 6:4
    71%

    4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

  • Luke 6:23
    70%

    23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

  • Matt 6:26
    70%

    26Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, they do not reap, and they do not store away in barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they are?

  • Col 3:13
    70%

    13Bear with one another and forgive one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord forgave you, so also you must forgive.

  • 2 Sam 22:26
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    26To the faithful you show yourself faithful, and to the blameless you show yourself blameless.

  • Eph 6:9
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    9And masters, treat your slaves in the same way, without threatening them, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

  • Matt 6:31-32
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    70%

    31So do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'

    32For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

  • Gal 6:10
    70%

    10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

  • 1 Pet 3:8
    69%

    8Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another as brothers and sisters, be tenderhearted and humble.

  • Matt 5:16
    69%

    16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

  • 2 Cor 6:13
    69%

    13Now in return—I speak as to children—open your heart wide as well.

  • Prov 11:17
    69%

    17A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel person brings trouble to his own flesh.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    69%

    6Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.