September 12, 2013, Gospel

Luke 6:27-38

²⁷ ‘But I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly.

²⁹ To anyone who slaps you on one cheek, present the other cheek as well; to anyone who takes your cloak from you, do not refuse your tunic.

³⁰ Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your property back from someone who takes it.

³¹ Treat others as you would like people to treat you.

³² If you love those who love you, what credit can you expect? Even sinners love those who love them.

³³ And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit can you expect? For even sinners do that much.

³⁴ And if you lend to those from whom you hope to get money back, what credit can you expect? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back the same amount.

³⁵ Instead, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend without any hope of return. You will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

³⁶ ‘Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.

³⁷ Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

³⁸ Give, and there will be gifts for you: a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap; because the standard you use will be the standard used for you.’