Luke 6:36
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Be ye therefore mercifull, as your Father also is mercifull.
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- Ephesians 5:1–2Rank 1 from verse 36
1BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
1¶ Be ye therefore followers of God, as deare children.
2And walke in loue, as Christ also hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling sauour;
- Matthew 5:48Rank 2 from verse 36
- 1 Peter 1:15–16Rank 3 from verse 36
- Ephesians 4:31Rank 4 from verse 36
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Luke 6:36
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Showing mercy, compassion, or readiness to forgive.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
35But loue yee your enemies, and doe good, and lend, hoping for nothing againe: and your reward shall bee great, and ye shalbe the children of the Highest: for hee is kinde vnto the vnthankfull, and to the euill.
36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
36Be ye therefore mercifull, as your Father also is mercifull.
Selected passage37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
37*Iudge not, and ye shall not bee iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgiue, and ye shall be forgiuen.