Luke 6:28
Good News Translation
bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

New Revised Standard Version
bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

Contemporary English Version
Ask God to bless anyone who curses you, and pray for everyone who is cruel to you.

New American Bible
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bless them that curse you and pray for them that calumniate you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bless them that curse you and pray for them that calumniate you.

Bless.

Luke 23:34 And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.

Acts 7:60 And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not his sin to their charge: And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.

Romans 12:14 Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not.

1 Corinthians 4:12 And we labour, working with our own hands. We are reviled: and we bless. We are persecuted: and we suffer it.

James 3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

1 Peter 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

despitefully.

Ezekiel 25:15 Thus saith the Lord God: Because the Philistines have taken vengeance, and have revenged themselves with all their mind, destroying and satisfying old enmities:

Ezekiel 36:5 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: In the fire of my zeal I have spoken of the rest of the nations, and of all Edom, who have taken my land to themselves, for an inheritance with joy, and with all the heart, and with the mind: and have cast it out to lay it waste.

Acts 14:5 And when there was an assault made by the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use them contumeliously and to stone them:

Context
Love Your Enemies
27But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them that hate you. 28Bless them that curse you and pray for them that calumniate you. 29And to him that striketh thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also.…
Cross References
1 Kings 13:6
And the king said to the man of God: Entreat the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me. And the man of God besought the face of the Lord, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

Luke 6:35
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.

Romans 12:14
Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not.

1 Peter 3:9
Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

Luke 6:27
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