Luke 6:31-36

Expanded Bible

³¹ ·Do to others what [Treat others as] you would want them to ·do to [treat] you. ³² If you love only the people who love you, what ·praise [credit] should you get? Even sinners love the people who love them. ³³ If you do good only to those who do good to you, what ·praise [credit] should you get? Even sinners do that! ³⁴ If you lend things to people, ·always hoping to get something back [or …from whom you expect to be repaid], what ·praise [credit] should you get? Even sinners lend to other sinners ·so that they can get back the same amount [expecting to be repaid in full]! ³⁵ But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without ·hoping [expecting] to get anything back. Then you will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God, because he is kind even to people who are ungrateful and ·full of sin [wicked; evil]. ³⁶ ·Show mercy [Be compassionate], just as your Father ·shows mercy [is compassionate].