KJV King James Version
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
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Luke 6:36
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
ASV American Standard Version
Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.
Surrounding context — Luke 6
33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34 And 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.
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.
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38 Give, 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.
39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
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Ephesians 5:1-2Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;Matthew 5:48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.1 Peter 1:15-16But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
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