Luke 6:32-36 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 6:27-36

These verses agree with Matt. 5:38; to the end of that chapter: I say unto you that hear (Luke 6:27), to all you that hear, and not to disciples only, for these are lessons of universal concern. He that has an ear, let him hear. Those that diligently hearken to Christ shall find he has something to say to them well worth their hearing. Now the lessons Christ here teacheth us are, I. That we must render to all their due, and be honest and just in all our dealings (Luke 6:31): As ye would that... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 6:27-38

6:27-38 Jesus said, "But to you who are listening I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who ill-use you. To him who strikes you on one cheek offer the other cheek also. If anyone takes away your cloak, do not stop him taking your tunic, too. Give to everyone who asks you; if anyone takes away your belongings, do not demand them back again. As you would like men to act towards you, so do you act towards them. If you love those who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:32

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? .... Or, "what grace have ye?" this is no fruit, nor evidence of grace, nor any exercise of the true grace of love; nor is it any favour conferred upon the object loved, which deserves the respect shown, nor can any reward be expected for such treatment: and thus it is expressed in Matthew, "what reward have ye?" and the Arabic version renders it so here: for sinners also love those who love them : men that are destitute of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:33

And if ye do good to them which do good to you ,.... As one good turn deserves another: what thank have ye? what grace or goodness is there in such an action? what glory or merit is there in it? for sinners also do even the same : wherefore no man should conclude himself a righteous man, or better than sinners, on such an account: this is to be found among the worst of men, and is natural to them, unless they are brutes indeed, to be kind to such as are kind to them. And yet, this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:34

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive ,.... The same again, as from their brethren the Jews; or usury, as from the Gentiles: what thank have ye ? and yet they looked upon this, in the first instance of it, as a very great kindness, and act of goodness, as appears from the above citation: for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again ; or "what is equal", and answerable to what they have lent them; that is, the same, or what is equivalent to it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:35

But love ye your enemies ,.... As before urged in Luke 6:27 and do good and lend ; not to your friends only, but to your enemies; hoping for nothing again ; either principal or interest, despairing of seeing either; lending to such persons, from whom, in all appearance, it is never to be expected again. The Persic version renders it, "that ye may not cause any to despair": and the Syriac version, "that ye may not cut off", or "cause to cease the hope of men"; and the Arabic... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:36

Be ye therefore merciful ,.... Tenderhearted, kind, beneficent to all men, friends and foes: as your Father also is merciful ; that is your Father which is in heaven; who is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works: nothing is more common in Zohar F25 Zohar in Lev. fol. 2. 2. & 9. 4. & 20. 1. & 22. 1. , and the Talmud F26 T. Bab. Moed Katon, fol. 15. 2. than to express the Divine Being by no other name, than "the Merciful"; אמר רחמנא , "the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:32

For sinners also love those that love them - I believe the word ἁμαρτωλοι is used by St. Luke in the same sense in which τελωναι , tax-gatherers, is used by St. Matthew, Matthew 5:46 , Matthew 5:47 , and signifies heathens; not only men who have no religion, but men who acknowledge none. The religion of Christ not only corrects the errors and reforms the disorders of the fallen nature of man, but raises it even above itself: it brings it near to God; and, by universal love, leads it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:34

Of whom ye hope to receive - Or, whom ye expect to return it. "To make our neighbor purchase, in any way, the assistance which we give him, is to profit by his misery; and, by laying him under obligations which we expect him in some way or other to discharge, we increase his wretchedness under the pretense of relieving it." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:35

Love ye your enemies - This is the most sublime precept ever delivered to man: a false religion durst not give a precept of this nature, because, with out supernatural influence, it must be for ever impracticable. In these words of our blessed Lord we see the tenderness, sincerity, extent, disinterestedness, pattern, and issue of the love of God dwelling in man: a religion which has for its foundation the union of God and man in the same person, and the death of this august being for his... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 6:27-36

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 6:27-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:35

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