Luke 6:34
If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.
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- Matt 5:42 : 42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
- Luke 14:12-14 : 12 He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. 13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; 14 and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."
- Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
- Deut 15:8-9 : 8 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants. 9 Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;" and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you. 10 You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to. 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
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- Luke 6:27-337 verses89%
27"But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
29To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.
30Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
31"As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
33If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
- Luke 6:35-384 verses85%
35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
36Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
37Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.
38"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."
- Matt 5:42-476 verses78%
42Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
43"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'
44But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
45that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
46For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
47If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
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21The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.
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17He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
- Matt 6:1-44 verses71%
1"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
3But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,
4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
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25"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
- Luke 7:41-422 verses71%
41"A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
42When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
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6Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
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9I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
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12If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
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25For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."
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8knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.
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12He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
- Matt 6:14-152 verses70%
14"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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37You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
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26'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.
- Matt 18:33-353 verses69%
33Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'
34His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.
35So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
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8but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.
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23Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'
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14and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."
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12Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
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26All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.
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24"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.
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9Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.
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19"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
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20to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.
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5Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
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12For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.