“ Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. ”
See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed...
The Sermon on the Level Place. This is much briefer than Matthew 5-7. The sections in Mt. that illustrate the fulfilment of the Law are omitted; more stress is laid on love and mercy. Other paralle...
Be ye . Become ye. merciful . compassionate. Greek. oiktirmon. Occurs only here and James 5:11 .
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Be ye therefore merciful - Or, compassionate; οικτιρμονες, from οικτος, commiseration, which etymologists derive from εικω to give place, yi...
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, No JFB commentary on these verses.
Choice of the Twelve. Sermon in the Plain 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn ( Matthew 12:1 ; Mark 2:23 ). See on Mt and Mk.
Be ye therefore merciful. — The form of the sentence is the same as that of Matthew 5:48 , but “merciful” takes the place of “perfect,” as being the noblest of the divine attributes, in which all...
Chapter 15 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IN considering the words of Jesus, if we may not be able to measure their depth or to scale their height, we can with absolute certainty discover their drift, and s...
How to Treat Our Fellow-Men Luke 6:27-38 Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount differs from that of Matthew, only as each views the great discourse from his own standpoint. By one it is vie...
In a synagogue our Lord healed the man with a withered hand, and the religious watchers were filled with anger because, according to their view, our Lord had desecrated the Sabbath. Surely, there is...
(20) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor; for your's is the kingdom of God. (21) Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep...
MERCY ‘Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.’ Luke 6:36 That there must be some limitation to the scope of such precepts as those recorded in Luke 6:27-38 we may admit...
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 t...
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Ver. 36. See Trapp on " Mat 5:48 "
If ye love them which love you, what thank have ye What great thanks are due to you on that account? For there are some sentiments of gratitude common even to the worst of men, which incline the mo...
LORD OF THE SABBATH (vs.1-11) "The second Sabbath after the first" is literally translated the "second-first Sabbath" (JND trans.), an unusual expression. The first Sabbath was that following the...
Exhortations to Justice and Mercy. 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless...
See Poole on " Luke 6:35 "
Jesus Proclaims The New Law of the Kingly Rule of God (6:20-49). Like Matthew 5-7 this ‘sermon' or ‘address' is carefully put together and patterned, but, in spite of similarities, we would be mis...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 6:20-49 .—Though various opinions have been held on the subject, the balance of probabilities seems in favour of the supposition that the discourse commonly known as the Sermo...
Luke 6:36-38 The Gospel Teaching. I. "Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful." And how merciful God is! It is the attribute, the quality, by which He is distinguished. And that mercy of...
Luke 6:1 . On the second sabbath after the first. The Hebrew law is, Leviticus 23:11 , on the morrow after the sabbath, the priest shall wave the sheaf east and west, north and south, to denote t...
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful The blessing of mercy “Mercy” is the one great cry of human nature. We dare not ask for justice, we can only plead for mercy. We, who...
EXPOSITION Luke 6:1-42 The Lord ' s teaching on the question of the observance of the sabbath. Luke 6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first . The expression...
Be ye therefore merciful as your Father also is merciful.
1 Peter 1:15 ; 1 Peter 1:16 ; Ephesians 4:31 ; Ephesians 5:1 ; Ephesians 5:2 ; Matthew 5:48