Luke 6:36 (YLT)

Passage

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:34 and if ye lend <FI>to those<Fi> of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners--that they may receive again as much.

Luke 6:35 `But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

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

Luke 6:37 `And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

Luke 6:38 `Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "merciful", and "father". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "merciful", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "But love your enemies and do good..." into verse 37's "And judge not and ye may not...", so "therefore" and "merciful" 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 "therefore" and "merciful" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.