Luke 6:35 (WEB)

Passage

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

Luke 6:34 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Luke 6:36 “Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

Luke 6:37 Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "love", "enemies", "good", "lend", "expecting", "nothing", "back", 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 "If you lend to those from whom..." into verse 36's "Therefore be merciful even as your Father...", 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.