Luke 6:36
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Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Matthew 5:48 Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.

Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, with all malice.

Ephesians 5:1,2 Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children: . . .

1 Peter 1:15,16 But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy: . . .

Context
Love Your Enemies
35But 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. 36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 37Judge not: and you shall not be judged. Condemn not: and you shall not be condemned. Forgive: and you shall be forgiven.…
Cross References
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.

Luke 6:37
Judge not: and you shall not be judged. Condemn not: and you shall not be condemned. Forgive: and you shall be forgiven.

Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children:

James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.

Lexicon
Be
Γίνεσθε (Ginesthe)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

merciful,
οἰκτίρμονες (oiktirmones)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3629: Compassionate, merciful. From oikteiro; compassionate.

just
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

as
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

Father
Πατὴρ (Patēr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

is
ἐστίν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

merciful.
οἰκτίρμων (oiktirmōn)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3629: Compassionate, merciful. From oikteiro; compassionate.


Additional Translations
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Be you merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.

Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.
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