³⁵ But ^(A)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ^(B)you will be sons of ^(C)the Most High, for ^(D)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. ^36 (E)Be merciful, even as ^(F)your Father is merciful.

Judging Others

^37 (G)(H)“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; ^(I)forgive, and you will be forgiven; ^38 (J)give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put ^(K)into your lap. For ^(L)with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

⁷ “Blessed are ^(A)the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

⁸ but ^(A)you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. ⁹ Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your ^(B)eye look grudgingly^[a] on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he ^(C)cry to the Lord against you, and ^(D)you be guilty of sin. ¹⁰ You shall give to him freely, and ^(E)your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because ^(F)for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

^39 (A)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, ^(B)for their own good and the good of their children after them.