Luke 6:37

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 6:37

What can be imagined more kind, what more merciful, than this conduct of our Sovereign Lord, that the sentence of the judge should be left in the hands of the person to judged? (Jansenius, Comment. in sanct. Evang.) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:37-49

37-49 All these sayings Christ often used; it was easy to apply them. We ought to be very careful when we blame others; for we need allowance ourselves. If we are of a giving and a forgiving spirit, we shall ourselves reap the benefit. Though full and exact returns are made in another world, not in this world, yet Providence does what should encourage us in doing good. Those who follow the multitude to do evil, follow in the broad way that leads to destruction. The tree is known by its fruits;... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Luke 6:1-99

Luke 6 AS WE OPEN this chapter, we see the Pharisees and scribes attempting to confine the actions of the disciples, and then also the gracious power of the Lord, within the limits of the Jewish sabbath, as they were accustomed to enforce it. This illustrates His teaching at the close of chapter 5, and in result the “bottle” of the Jewish sabbath burst, and grace flows forth in spite of them. The words, “The second sabbath after the first,” refer we believe to Lev_23:9-14 , and are intended to... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 6:36-38

The measure of mercifulness: v. 36. Be ye therefore merciful as your Father also is merciful. v. 37. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven; v. 38. give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Not only kindness and goodness is enjoined upon... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 6:17-49

β.The Sermon on the Mount (Luke 6:17-49)17And he came down with them, and stood in the plain [having come down with them, he stood upon a level place, ἐπὶ τόπου πεδινοῦ], and the [a] company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 18And they that were vexed [harassed] with unclean spirits: and they16 were healed. 19And the whole multitude sought to... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 6:27-38

Second Section: The Requirement of Love(Luke 6:27-38.)EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALLuke 6:27. But I say unto you which hear.—Antithesis to the foregoing, Luke 6:26. Meyer very happily: “Yet although I utter against those these Woes, yet I enjoin on you not hatred but love towards your enemies. It is therefore no accidental antithesis” (Köstlin). As the Saviour in Luke 6:26 had shown what treatment Christians have to expect of their enemies, He unfolds, Luke 6:27-38, what return they must give to this... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 6:27-38

How to Treat Our Fellow-Men Luke 6:27-38 Luke’s version of the Sermon on the Mount differs from that of Matthew, only as each views the great discourse from his own standpoint. By one it is viewed as the manifesto of the King; by the other, as the proclamation of “the Man Christ Jesus” to man. Notice the secret of blessedness! Here is the draught-sketch of a life of abounding blessing, overflowing with mercy and lovingkindness. With what measure we mete out our love to men, they will measure... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 6:1-49

In a synagogue our Lord healed the man with a withered hand, and the religious watchers were filled with anger because, according to their view, our Lord had desecrated the Sabbath. Surely, there is no desecration of divine ordinances so powerful as that severe orthodoxy which clogs the stream of compassion. By fulfilling its intention, the Lord of the Sabbath sacredly kept it in restoring this man to health and power. Luke gives us here the account of our Lord's choosing of the twelve. It is... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:36-42

DIVINE PRECEPTS‘Be ye therefore merciful.… Judge not; … Condemn not.… Give.… Cast out first the beam.’ Luke 6:36-: Our Lord dwells here on what we are to do, not what we are to believe ( John 7:17), and He begins by putting before us the blessing and the curse ( Luke 6:20-Ezekiel :; Deuteronomy 30:19-Proverbs :). Have you made your decision? Which course are you pursuing? This is the first great thought in the way of duty, ‘As your Father also is.’ The eye must be fixed on Him to watch for... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:20-49

2). THE FOUNDING OF THE NEW ISRAEL UNDER THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD (6:20-8:18) In this second part of the section Luke 5:1 to Luke 9:50, Jesus now reveals Himself as the founder of the new Israel under the Kingly Rule of God: a He proclaims the new Law of the Kingly Rule of God (Luke 6:20-49). b He sends out His power to the Gentiles, to those who are seen as unclean, but who have believed. They too are to benefit from His Kingly Rule (Luke 7:1-10). c He raises the dead, a foretaste of the... read more

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