Luke 6:35 (DBY)

Passage

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful and wicked.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:33 And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

Luke 6:34 And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? [for] even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.

Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful and wicked.

Luke 6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.

Luke 6:37 And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "love", "enemies", "good", "lend", "hoping", "nothing", "return", and "reward". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "love" and "enemies", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "And if ye lend to those from..." into verse 36's "Be ye therefore merciful even as your...", so "love" and "enemies" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "love" and "enemies" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.