Luke 6:27 (DRB)

Passage

But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them that hate you.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:25 Woe to you that are filled: for you shall hunger. Woe to you that now laugh: for you shall mourn and weep.

Luke 6:26 Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets.

Luke 6:27 But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them that hate you.

Luke 6:28 Bless them that curse you and pray for them that calumniate you.

Luke 6:29 And to him that striketh thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hear", "love", "enemies", "good", and "hate". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hear" and "love", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Woe to you when men shall bless..." into verse 28's "Bless them that curse you and pray...", so "hear" and "love" 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 "hear" and "love" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.