11 translations · Greek
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
Luke 6:35 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Highest, because He is kind to the ungracious and evil;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- No: love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting to be repaid anything. Then you will receive a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God, for he is kind to ungrateful and wicked people.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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 to the unthankful and to the evil.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful, and to the evil.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Πλὴν | Plēn | But | G4133 πλήν but/however |
| ἀγαπᾶτε | agapate | love | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| τοὺς | tous | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐχθροὺς | echthrous | enemies | G2190 ἐχθρός enemy |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ἀγαθοποιεῖτε | agathopoieite | do good [to them] | G15 ἀγαθοποιέω to do good |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| δανίζετε | danizete | lend [to them] | G1155 δανείζω to lend/borrow |
| μηδὲν | mēden | — | G3367 μηδείς nothing |
| ἀπελπίζοντες | apelpizontes | expecting nothing in return | G560 ἀπελπίζω to despair |
| καὶ | kai | Then | G2532 καί and |
| ἔσται | estai | will be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| μισθὸς | misthos | reward | G3408 μισθός wage |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| πολύς | polys | great | G4183 πολύς much |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἔσεσθε | esesthe | you will be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| υἱοὶ | huioi | sons of | G5207 υἱός son |
| Ὑψίστου | Hypsistou | the Most High | G5310 ὕψιστος Highest |
| ὅτι | hoti | for | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| αὐτὸς | autos | He | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| χρηστός | chrēstos | kind | G5543 χρηστός good/kind |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἐπὶ | epi | to | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀχαρίστους | acharistous | ungrateful | G884 ἀχάριστος ungrateful |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πονηρούς | ponērous | wicked | G4190 πονηρός evil/bad |
Related verses
- Matthew 5:44–45
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
- John 13:35
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- Proverbs 19:17
He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
- Romans 5:8–10
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
- Psalm 145:9
Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
- Leviticus 25:35–37
“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident. Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you. You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
- Psalm 112:5
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
- Proverbs 22:9
He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
- 1 John 4:7–11
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. …
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
34 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.
35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
36 “Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
37 Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.
Read all of Luke 6 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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