Luke 6 · Verse 36

Luke 6:36

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Luke 6:36, King James Version

Luke 6:36 in other translations

BSBBe merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
WEB“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
ASVBe ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
YLTbe ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.
DARBYBe ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.
BBEBe full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.
WebsterBe ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

What does Luke 6:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 6:27-36

27-36. (See on Mt 5:44-48; Mt 7:12; and Mt 14:12-14.)

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 36. Mt 5:46-48

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 Be ye therefore merciful - Or, compassionate; οικτιρμονες, from οικτος, commiseration, which etymologists derive from εικω to give place, yield, because we readily concede those things which are necessary to them whom we commiserate. As God is ever disposed to give all necessary help and support to those who are miserable, so his followers, being influenced by the same spirit, are easy to be entreated, and are at all times ready to contribute to the uttermost of their power to relieve or remove the miseries of the distressed. A merciful or compassionate man easily forgets injuries; pardons them without being solicited; and does not permit repeated returns of ingratitude to deter him from doing good, even to the unthankful and the unholy. See on Mat 5:7 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 6:27-36

These are hard lessons to flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy to us. Every one that comes to him for washing in his blood, and knows the greatness of the mercy and the love there is in him, can say, in truth and sincerity, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? Let us then aim to be merciful, even according to the mercy of our heavenly…

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Luke 6:36 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΓίνεσθεGinesthedo be youG1096
οὖνounthereforeG3767
οἰκτίρμονεςoiktirmonesmercifulG3629
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531
καὶkaialsoG2532
ὁhotheG3588
πατὴρpatērFatherG3962
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771
οἰκτίρμωνoiktirmōnmercifulG3629
ἐστίν.estinis.G1510

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 6:36

  • Ephesians 5:1-2

    Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  • Matthew 5:48

    Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

  • 1 Peter 1:15-16

    But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

  • Ephesians 4:31

    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mt 5:48; Eph 4:31; 5:1,2; 1Pe 1:15,16

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Context

  • Luke 6:35

    But 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.

  • Luke 6:36

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

  • Luke 6:37

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

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Luke 6:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sed pues misericordiosos, como también vuestro Padre es misericordioso.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Soyez donc miséricordieux, comme aussi votre Père est miséricordieux;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seid ihr nun barmherzig, wie auch euer Vater barmherzig ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Estote ergo misericordes sicut et Pater vester misericors est.