This
is Jesus speaking here...
Luke 6
27 "But
to you who are willing to listen, I say,
love your enemies!
Do good to those who hate you.
28 Bless
those who curse you.
Pray for those who hurt you.
29 If
someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also.
If someone demands your coat, offer
your shirt also.
30 Give
to anyone who asks;
and when things are taken away from
you, don't try to get them back.
31 Do
to others as you would like them to do to you.
32 "If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that?
Even sinners love those who love
them!
33 And
if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you get
credit?
Even sinners do that much!
34 And
if you lend money only to those who can repay you, why should you get
credit?
Even sinners will lend to other
sinners for a full return.
35 "Love
your enemies!
Do good to them.
Lend to them without expecting to
be repaid.
Then your reward from heaven will
be very great,
and you will truly be acting as
children of the Most High,
for he is kind to those who are
unthankful and wicked.
36 You
must be compassionate,
just as your Father is
compassionate.
Hmmmmmmmm...
What would our lives be like, what
would our world be like, if we who claim to follow Jesus lived like
He mandated in these few verses?
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