28Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
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Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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…
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