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Luke 6:35

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of the” (τοῦ) before Most High here.

πλὴνplēnButπλήνconjunction — “But”G4133however, nevertheless, but, except that, yet.Butἀγαπᾶτεagapatelove yeἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “love ye”, an ongoing or repeated actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.love yeτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐχθροὺςechthrousenemiesἐχθρός (echthros)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “enemies”, the object formG2190hated, hostile; subst: an enemy.enemiesὑμῶνhumōnyourσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “your”, the of-formG4771you.yourκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀγαθοποιεῖτεagathopoieiteto do goodἀγαθοποιέω (agathopoieō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to do good”, an ongoing or repeated actionG15I do that which is good.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδανίζετεdanizeteto lendδανείζω (daneizō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to lend”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1155I lend; mid: I borrow.This verse uses “lend”.μηδὲνmēdennothingμηδείς (mēdeis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the object formG3367no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.ἀπελπίζοντεςapelpizontesto despairἀπελπίζω (apelpizō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to despair”, an ongoing or repeated actionG560I give up in despair, despair of; I hope to receive from or in return.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἔσταιestaito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μισθὸςmisthoswageμισθόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “wage”, the subject formG3408(a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment.ὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.πολύςpolusmuchπολύςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἔσεσθεesestheto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.υἱοὶhuioisonυἱός (huios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.Ὑψίστουhupsistouhighestὕψιστος (hupsistos)adjective, superlative, genitive, singular, masculine — “highest”, the of-formG5310highest, most high, the heights.This verse uses “highest”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.αὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.χρηστόςchrēstosgoodχρηστόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “good”, the subject formG5543useful, gentle, pleasant, kind.ἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀχαρίστουςacharistousungratefulἀχάριστος (acharistos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “ungrateful”, the object formG884ungrateful, ungracious, unpleasing.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πονηρούςponērousto the evilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “to the evil”, the object formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.to the evil

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'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;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Young’s Literal Translation

'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;

World English Bible

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 .

Darby Translation

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.

Douay-Rheims

But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful, and to the evil.

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