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Luke 6:36 — Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

“Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.”
Luke 6:36 · KJV

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The verses around Luke 6:36.

34And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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Verse explanation

The foundation of these ethical demands is not an abstract rule but imitating God’s own character, described here as merciful.

From the Luke 6 study in Bible in Stories.

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